The Barobo Mobot, for instance, is a cheap modular robot kit that's great for entry-level builders. Other examples of this are the projects that are powered by Raspberry Pi's miniature computers.

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At Jenny Young's growing Brooklyn Robot Foundry, budding tinkerers get hands-on training to create the technology of the future.