In the Maker Shed: 3pi Robotics bundle
The 3pi robotics bundle from the Maker Shed includes all the major componensts and parts needed to get started on your robotic adventure.
Robotics
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!
Open source swarmbots
One of my fave websites at the moment is Hizook, Travis Deyle’s robot news portal. Here’s a snippet from a piece he posted about the University of Stuttgart and University of Karlsruhe’s open source swarm robot project: I’m a huge fan of so-called micro robots — those with cm length scales, thus μ m3. I’ve […]
iPhone controlled bipedal walking robot with multi-touch gestures
Most of the iPhone controller hacks I’ve seen tend to use the accelerometer along with on on-board camera. Walky is a bipedal walking robot that’s controlled using a natural gestural interface.
High voltage line robot
Very cool High voltage line robot from HIBOT… High-voltage power-line inspection has always been a dangerous job for humans, so a handful of companies are sending in the robots. One such company, the Tokyo-based HiBot, is working with western Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co. to field a new robot next year that can inspect several […]
In the Maker Shed: Pololu 3pi robot
The Pololu 3pi robot is a high-performance mobile platform based on the ATmega 168 micro-controller. This fully assembled robot features two micro motors, five reflectance sensors, LCD display, buzzer, and 3 user push buttons.
Remote-controlled bowling ball
For just $1500 you can have your very own remote controlled bowling ball! Maybe this is worthy of a remake, not sure?
Driving a car with an iPhone. A freaking car. For reals.
John Boiles, who earlier this year showed us how to control an RC car using an iPod’s internal accelerometer (and also how to control the lights on a dance floor in more or less the same way), is a member of Austin, TX, based engineering collective Waterloo Labs, who have up-gunned his iPod technology to control steering, breaks, and acceleration on a full-size automobile. Definitely not the safest hack I’ve ever blogged, but probably the most impressive. Great work, lady and gents.
