Get your hands dirty - play with hardware!
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Demonstrates that browser folks can control real machines: uses Johnny-Five over serial to talk to an Arduino, mentions the upcoming Tessel 2 with Node.js onboard, and shows a working quadruped called Felix built from eight servos that walks, avoids obstacles with distance sensors, and runs motion planning (foot positions → trig → gait sequences). Emphasizes componentized modules, starter kits, and that wiring up an LED or a proximity sensor becomes a dozen lines of JavaScript.
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