In March, he unveiled the Toa Mata Band, a group of LEGO Bionicles ... to the way an inchworm climbs. Since the robot was powered by an Arduino, a bit of programming was involved.

Arduino is now offering a fully-assembled robot, designed as a base platform for electronics tinkerers' DIY robotics projects. Its hardware and software are open-source, and designed to be hacked.

The "Toa Mata Band" is made up of several tiny robotic ... Their arms are controlled by an Arduino Uno connected to an iPad running Nord Beat, a MIDI sequencer app. The tiny bots essentially ...

It can also be daunting to get started. Here, we’ll show you how to get a start-to-finish Arduino primer with a killer project: building a sweet robot arm. Learning any new skill is always a ...

One alternative is the Toa Mata Band. Not a garage band at all – more of a kitchen table band – the members of the Toa Mata Band are comprised entirely of Lego robots.