They created a computer-controlled CNC router that is theoretically ... The entire device is built around a hand held router, with a base that contains a camera, electronics, stepper motors ...

Over the last few years, the state of the art in handheld routers has been tucked away in the back of our minds. It was at SIGGRAPH in 2012 and we caught up to it at Makerfair last year.

A CNC, or computer numerically controlled, router is a sophisticated computer-controlled machine tool version of a hand router. A CNC router routs out wood, plastic stock and other soft materials ...