Photos: The gadget days of summer

For about $350, the Telepresence Robot Kit is a great summer project to take on with kids during those rainy weekends. The DIY robot kit, developed in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon, includes Qwerk, a Linux computer with robot-controlling software that resides on the robot. Carnegie Mellon has a Web site that offers robot recipes with off-the-shelf parts for projects like this Terk Flower Robot, which plays catch using its petals.

Photo by Ken Andreyo/CMU