These People Build Real, Life-Sized, WALL-E Robots
Forget stuffed animal replicas or little plastic figurines, this team just made a real, life-sized Wall-E Robot
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Forget stuffed animal replicas or little plastic figurines, this team just made a real, life-sized Wall-E Robot.
It even rolls around and has the Wall-E voice! There is, in fact, an entire Wall-E Builders Club, full of people interested in building their own replicas on the little robot.
Here, one of the builders tests out the characteristic Wall-E head movement:
And here you see him demonstrating his Wall-E’s hands:
You can see more of the building process here at the Wall-E Builders Group YouTube Page.
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