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!
Creating a Maker Course In the next month or so I will have a semester change, and with it an opportunity to restructure the sequence of three courses. Robotics, Building and Repairing Computers and Web Design are three classes that I have taught before, and am looking to streamline the content of the courses. The […]
This nifty drum ‘n bass robot is built upon the Picaxe-based “How to Build Your First Robot” project we featured in The Best of Instructables. Lil’ Drum and Bass Bot From the Maker Shed: Best Of Instructables Our Price: $34.99 Sale Price: $29.99 Instructables.com has become one of the most popular magnets for makers and […]
A nice set of hand-carved robot component stamps, posted to the MAKE Flickr pool. More: From CRAFT, Volume 02. Access the Digital Edition here. Subscribe here.
This makes me deeply happy on a whole bunch of different levels. Mutoid Waste Company [via BotJunkie]
Here’s some video of Sean Reynolds’ UAV that uses an Arduino Mini, Maxbotix ultrasonic sensors, and a HMC6352 compass module for autonomous flight control. Wash UAV: Final Demo [via SparkFun]
IEEE Spectrum: The Rise of the Machines – Robot density around the world…– There are now 1 million industrial robots toiling around the world, and Japan is where they’re the thickest on the ground. It has 295 of these electromechanical marvels for every 10 000 manufacturing workers–a robot density almost 10 times the world average […]
Robodance is a popular robot control program that allows you to control a number of commercially available toy and hobby robots via your computer and a number of control interfaces, including the Nintendo Wiimote and nunchaku attachment. This is probably the easiest way to expand the programming capabilities of your i-SOBOT. The i-SOBOT Hacking Blog […]
