One of
Tomy's
amazing 80s robot creations.
Flipbot has the
ability to pick itself up again if it
falls over forward or backward. Since its
ingeniously-
shaped robot
arms keep
rotating forward, if it falls over it
simply flips itself
upright again.
Flip
bot doesn't walk in a straight
line, but more of a
spiral. It
moves forward a
little and then
turns a little to the
left.
Flipbot's about 4 inches tall, takes only 1
AA battery and
looks something like
this from the front:
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