Chris writes - This project is a robotic arm made mostly from Wood. It cost less than $50 to make and has alot of the functionality that any normal robotic arm would have. It is controlled by a PIC MicroController and cloned PS1 controller.The Wooden menace - Robotic arm - Link.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/11/the_wooden_menace_robotic.html