<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Milos Rasic repurposed components from an old robot vacuum cleaner to create a new robot designed as a platypus.</li><li>The new robot, named PlatypusBot, features drive motors, a pump, and other parts from the old vacuum cleaner, integrated with new components like an Arduino UNO R4 WiFi and a lidar module.</li><li>PlatypusBot is 3D-printed and currently controlled via a joystick over UDP and Wi-Fi, with plans for future implementation of SLAM algorithms.</li><li>For more information on the project, readers can refer to Rasic's element14 blog post.</li></ul>

This platypus-shaped robot is built from vacuum cleaner parts

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