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!
We’re going to be doing a more thorough round-up of some of the other amazing entries in the Make: Robot Build, but we wanted to give a special shout-out to Jasmine (11) and her dad Shane’s truly unique project, Tortellini the Turtle Bot. As we said, the judging was really hard because we had so […]
1. Jartron! Jartron! Jartron! Jartron’s creator, Dan Ray, wins a $500 cash gift card, a Maker Faire Bay Area ticket, and a swanky Jameco jacket. Congrats, Dan! You really blew all of us out of the water with this bot, the fun video, your great PDF documentation — all of it. BTW: Jartron will be […]
Rachel over at CRAFT spotted this collection of 50 freely-downloadable papercraft models from Botropolis. [Thanks, Rachel!]
The folks at cellbots.com are at it again. This time around they’ve swapped out all the 5v components for 3.3v and in doing so have wired everything to run off the G1’s internal battery.
Indie makers RLT Industries of New Braunfels, TX, sell this lovely wooden model kit of the classic “south-pointing chariot” mechanism: Set the chariot down with the vane pointing in an arbitrary direction–south, north, whatever–and a geared differential connected to the wheels will keep it pointing the same direction regardless of which way the chariot turns. […]
Check out this video from the 5th Annual Austrian Hexapod Dance-Off. The Hexapod moves are sure expressive.
Robot uprising jokes are getting a bit stale, I suppose, so I’ll pass on the obvious Terminator allusions this time. Plus this hulking tracked demolition machine from Sweden’s Husqvarna Construction Products is remote controlled, not autonomous, and so is really more a giant R/C car on steroids, with a massive jackhammer arm, than it is a true robot. Still, “awesome” comes to mind. [via BotJunkie]
