Editor's Pick: Gadget Ogling: Cute Robots, Secure Tablets and a Conscientious Can

Gadget Ogling: Cute Robots, Secure Tablets and a Conscientious Can

Kris Holt 03/21/15 5:00 AM PT
	PLEN2 is simply adorable. A robot to seemingly fix all the world's problems, if its Kickstarter project is anything to believe, PLEN2 is possibly the most joyous humanoid machine I've seen in years. Maybe I'm swayed a little by the infectious theme song in the pitch video. The idea is to sell the basic robot and let customers get creative using open source tools and 3D-printed parts. [More...]

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