
This won a Webby a few
years ago, and I'm surprised it hasn't come up before, but
Soda
Constuctor is a favorite of mine. Designed as a teaching tool, Soda Constructor is a Java toy for designing little
robots, made of strings and connections. These automotons can be animated, on their own, and try to walk around an
environment you control (things like gravity are adjustable). Lots of fun tinkering around, but even more fun to really
try and build something stable an interesting. Thanks to
Mark for sending this
in!
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