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You can now make TARS, the snarky robot from ‘Interstellar’, with a Raspberry Pi.

Developer Charlie Diaz has created a miniature prototype complete with functional robotic arms. His guide uses a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, an 8BitDo bluetooth remote, and a 3D printer. Diaz originally tried a full-sized costume, but found that its legs “contacted the ground and got stuck, preventing the walking motion”.

If you have built one of these and now have it walking around your house, please send me a video immediately.

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