Making a robot can be an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s the perfect combination of creativity, engineering and problem solving. However, if you’re just getting started in robotics, it can also be overwhelming. To make things easier for those who are just starting out, we’ve put together some tips and tricks to help makers bring robots to life! From the basics of assembling your robot to software implementation, these pointers will give you everything you need to get started on your robotic adventure!
This very entertaining take on the classic most useless machine gag is not quite so patient as its ancestors. Oh sure, it does what they all do: When you turn it on, it turns itself off. And it’ll do that over and over again. But, much like my college roommate, the machine has its limits, and it’s probably wise not to push it too far.
More info: http://blog.makezine.com/?p=92749
Links of interest:
Ignoblegnome, see his robots here:
http://letsmakerobots.com/user/5293/pages/robot
Frits Lyneborg, host:
http://letsmakerobots.com/user/4
Isotope’s Laydybug:
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/12924
Nuumio’s LadyBugBot clone:
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/18506
Skaterj10′s Freedom555bot:
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/26058
Tyberius’s Giger v4 Custom Humanoid Robot:
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/26127
In this weeks show, Rik and Frits are taking a look at one of the
oldest, yet still most popular simple and fun hobby robot projects:
“The Sumo”. Also in this show, a look at a very impressive piece of a
hand made full metal robot that looks like it is ready to explore
Mars.
Here is a list of links related to the show, including project pages
and YouTube clips:
Gary’s Nano Sumo
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/22566
iRichiepoo’s Arduino Sumo Robot Prototype
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/24013
patrickmccabe and Gary’s Nano Sumo
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/22568
E2TK’s ArduSumoto
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/18609
thesaxmachine’s Pyrostriker: Flame Shark
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/26219
FingerTech Robotics’s FT Sumo
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/12779
Solarbotics K SV Sumovore Mini Sumo Kit
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/3191
thesaxmachine’s Samm The Sumobot
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/16839
noise0’s Arduino Minisumo 01
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/5015
Antonb’s MTR – A planetary surface exploration rover
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/13080
Clip from Monkey vs. Robot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_QsCXm1vrk
Rik and Frits Lyneborg from http://letsmakerobots.com are back with an
update on what’s the coolest and latest on the Hobby Robotics scene.
Links to projects commented this week:
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/21199
Patrickmccabe’s Lottery Simulation
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/21098
Geir Andersen’s Sea Rendering
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/4738
OddBot’s SplatBot MkII
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/13602
Mr g000ze’s Marblephone the Melody Machine
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/9433
Gareth’s ThunderBird 6 – Gold-Coin-Ring-BottleTop-Finder
Frits and Rik are back with another episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics! Find out about the coolest projects this week. Go to http://blog.makezine.com/?p=91043 for more info on the projects in this episode.
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Is this the world’s first Robot Film Festival? I think so! The deadline to submit a film is June 5th. So if you have a robot and a video camera, now is your robot’s chance to walk (or roll) down the red carpet in New York City! Please submit your outstanding, dazzling, hilarious or thought-provoking […]
