What better way to combine your nerdy loves of computer programming and
Star Wars than with a robot that can actually battle with a lightsaber? This is "JediBot," a Microsoft Kinect-controlled robot that can wield a foam sword (lightsaber, if you will) and duel a human combatant for command of the empire. Or something like that.
Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/07/light-saber-robot/
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