Another day, another awesome Sampler. You know The Sampler is going to be good when it includes the likes of Sublime Stitching. It took a long time to pick any favorites, but here are some selections that I thought were pretty cool: “Recycle or we will eat your pants” fabric patch by Andy Eats Only […]
Back in the 1982, Heathkit released the HERO 1 educational robot. HERO 1 had a Motorola 6808 CPU and 4k of RAM on board. He came equipped with motion, light, sound and sonar ranging sensors. You could even add an optional arm attachment and max out his capabilities. Taking a cue from the success of […]
Here’s an excellent recreation of the K-9 (Mk II, I believe) from the BBC’s classic Doctor Who series. The maker did a very thorough job on the panelling and used an RC tank for locomotion – unfortunately no design measurements are supplied in the build documentation. – Link Of course that’s not the only K-9 […]
This is a nice tutorial on building your first PICAXE robot. These aren’t as easy to build as a BEAMbot, but they can do a whole lot more. The site contains links to suppliers and lots of photos of the build process. – Link
This robot is small, purpose-built, and can easily climb stairs. The website has a lot of photos and is a great source of technical information for stair climbing robots. If you are thinking of building something similar, this is a must-read. StairBOT is a small robot for indoor environments. On even floor it drives like […]
Ants are cool, but robots ants with mandibles are really cool. The site has several videos of the robot in action that you might want to check out. You are going to need a really big magnifying glass to burn this one! The Biologically-Inspired Legged Locomotion Ant (BILL-Ant) is an 18-DOF hexapod with six passive […]
Head on over to CraftSanity to find out details on how you can get even more fabric where you can enter your chance to win some of Anna Maria Horner’s Drawing Room fabric. The deadline is Friday, Feb 29 at 10am EST. Link.
