196: Modular Robotics (with Eric Schweikardt)

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English - April 20, 2018 19:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MB - ★★★★ - 23 ratings
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This week Tommy and Adam talk to the founder and CEO of Modular Robotics, the company that created the wonderful STEM toy Cubelets—little blocks that you snap together to create a robot!

Links for this episode:

Modular Robotics
The official site of Cubelets!
MOSS
Modular Robotics' other project, MOSS.
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FabatHome
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