Football robot available for reasonable transfer fee

From a division of Cambridge University we never knew existed comes this rather decent remote controlled footie player. This straightforward DIY build comes in lower than a Sunday league player transfer fee, and your fixed wage bill is the price of a few AA’s every so often.

The infrared remote control can provide up to four different channels, so you can have yourself a mini-tournament with other bots - you’ve just got to get creative and build a mini-stadium and dress the two teams in their own strips.

Football-o-bot runs around on two wheels with the pace of an energy drink-fuelled striker, and when you’ve lined up your shot his “kick” button has the power to break the crossbar.

If it’s made out of a couple of drinking straws, that is…

Out Now | £23.91| Amazon

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