Student makes real-life Portal turret

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Submitted by lukehopewell1 on Monday May 14, 2012 @10:18PM

lukehopewell1 writes: A Penn State robotics student has gone to the effort of building a working, automated turret from the video game series, Portal.

Powered by a webcam, Arduino boards and hacked up USB-missile launchers, this is one serious piece of kit that is just as adorable as its in-game counterpart.

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