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Is anyone else tempted to do this for real?  Because I certainly am. [[Special:Contributions/130.160.145.185|130.160.145.185]] 23:24, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 
Is anyone else tempted to do this for real?  Because I certainly am. [[Special:Contributions/130.160.145.185|130.160.145.185]] 23:24, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 
Even more possible now with the newer, smaller raspberry Pi computers. Someone PLEASE do it. {{unsigned ip|141.101.98.228}}
 
:NEW PROJECT. [[User:Alexbuzzbee|Alexbuzzbee]] ([[User talk:Alexbuzzbee|talk]]) 14:36, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 
:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABzjUf3E_0c [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.87|108.162.215.87]] 16:39, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
 
::That video no longer exists because the account no longer exists. :( [[User:Beanie|Beanie]] ([[User talk:Beanie|talk]]) 12:11, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 
Here is the comments section on the xkcd site: http://blog.xkcd.com/2008/04/22/hooray-robots/#comments (Sorry. Don't know how to make it a link.) There are a number of proposed designs and several readers who claim to be making one. There are 248 entries so I only skimmed over them. [[User:ExternalMonolog|ExternalMonolog]] ([[User talk:ExternalMonolog|talk]]) 20:48, 21 January 2014 (UTC)ExternalMonolog
 
 
I'm shocked that with the explosion of popularity of BB-8 from the new Star Wars that I haven't seen this referenced anywhere. {{unsigned ip|173.245.48.78}}
 
:[https://www.facebook.com/speculativeFiction/posts/10154802457977584 Challenge accepted ] - [[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 14:13, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
 
 
I don't think this is possible, because most hamster balls are not smooth, and all of them have holes, which would make the magnets get stuck. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.163|173.245.52.163]] 20:39, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
 
 
JJ Abrams built it and put it in a movie. {{unsigned|Gilker}}
 
 
Those look like mechanum wheels. Not omniwheels.
 
 
 
So, what would this do? I assume the laptop needs to be connected to some other control device somehow? But what? Why does the computer in the middle need to be a laptop? Will it be displaying video to people who come across the "pet"? [[User:GreatWyrmGold|GreatWyrmGold]] ([[User talk:GreatWyrmGold|talk]]) 13:03, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 

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