Meet “TrotBot,” A Denver Student’s SUV-Sized Robot

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<p>(Courtesy Ben Vagle)</p>
<p>Ben Vagle, 16, of Denver, stands before his walking robot called “TrotBot.”</p>

In middle school the now 16-year-old first created a prototype of the robot out of Legos and then made an SUV-sized version out of wood.

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Ben Vagle, 16, of Denver, stands before his walking robot called "TrotBot."

Vagle just won three awards at a national gathering of inventors called the New York Maker Faire. He spoke with CPR's Andrea Dukakis.