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I wish my father had bought me a ROMP as a child. The Remotely Operated Mobile Platform, ROMP for short, is a remote control vehicle designed for military use. It can shoot stuff with a paintball gun, listen in on conversations, blow up IEDs and so much more. Think of it as a Radio Shack R/C car jacked up on Red Bull and creatine.

The design was conceived by Chris Rogers and while his intentions certainly are doable, the ROMP sadly remains a concept for now. I am almost 100-percent sure though, that with an issue of MAKE, some tools, parts and a free weekend, you could very easily make your own ROMP. Arduino, anyone?

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So you might be a decent paintballer, but as a human, your body reacts to being pelted by projectile objects. The Paintball Robot on the other hand, has no nerve endings to speak of. Shoot him all you want. It won’t change the fact that your ass is going down.

Created by builder Che Edoga, “Gepetto” is made with wood and metal, operated by remote control, and fully capable of owning you and all of your friends on the paintball battlefield. — Andrew Dobrow

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