Skippy the Robot skips stones for city-bound computer-users

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Don’t you wish you could be skipping stones across a mountain pond right now? Well, if you’re willing to wait in an online queue for a while, you could be doing it ... sort of. Idaho’s Sun Valley resort area is currently running a promotion, in which people can use their internet browser to control Skippy – a robot that skips real stones across a real pond... Continue Reading Skippy the Robot skips stones for city-bound computer-users

Section: Robotics

Tags: Remote Control, Robots, Tourism

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