# Want to engineer your own robot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-engineer-your-own-robot/16041 "2000-04-17T05:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Strider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Strider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strider)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-engineer-your-own-robot/16041/1 "2000-04-17T05:10:00Z")
I discovered SDMB through [bored.com](http://bored.com), a webite that lists other cool websites to lok at when your bored. Well new this week is one that lets you create a robot through the internet. Actually robot is a bit of a misnomer, actually “weird construct of springs that allows you to change and manipulate it” would be a better term, but I didn’t chose the name, they did. Anyway here is the address so you guys can check it out, I thought it was pretty cool toy: [http://sodaplay.com/constructor/index.htm](http://sodaplay.com/constructor/index.htm) My favorite was the hairy catapillar. I turned it upside down and reduced the friction so it would wobble out of control. Anyway, thought I would share. -N * * * Hmmmm…a sig line…what to write, what to write…screw it. ---
**Author:** ![Strider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Strider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strider)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-engineer-your-own-robot/16041/2 "2000-04-17T05:34:00Z")
Good God, my spelling and grammer is atrocious!!! I am not going to go through ALL of the corrections, but geez, I thought I was better than that. Please accept my humble apologies. I thought I could throw a quick post out there, but I have learned my lesson. ALWAYS CHECK SPILLING AND GREMMER! 🙂 -N * * * Hmmmm…a sig line…what to write, what to write…screw it. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-engineer-your-own-robot/16041/3 "2000-04-17T05:56:00Z")
Not only that, but we all know about that site. Well, those that care about these things. The URL has been posted several times already. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-engineer-your-own-robot/16041/4 "2000-04-17T08:43:00Z")
Strider: love your username! * * * “Hush, village idiot!” ---
**Author:** ![Strider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Strider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strider)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-engineer-your-own-robot/16041/5 "2000-04-17T10:01:00Z")
Oops, then I apologize. I did not realize it was already on this board, though I have been watching this board for at least 4 months now and have never seen it. Anyway, I hope this thread gets pushed down to the bottom of the stack then. I will go back to lurking. =P Rilchiam: Thank you. I loved the character but Aragorn was already taken several other places that I have user names at, plus I thought that Aragorn was a bit above me, so I chose Strider. It was either Strider or Longshanks. Strider sounds cooler, I thought. =) -N ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-engineer-your-own-robot/16041/6 "2000-04-17T11:53:00Z")
Strider. Don’t worry about having posted something that’s been here before. Happens all the time. And besides, I haven’t seen that site yet, even though some others may have. Thanks. Stick around and keep jumping in. I lurked for a while and being part of the insanity is a lot more fun. * * * You don’t have a thing to worry about. I’ll have the jury eating out of my hand. Meanwhile, try to escape. _Sig by Wally M7, master signature architect to the SDMB_