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!
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I was happy to see Robotis’s BIOLOID, these are somewhat well-known humanoid robot kits, but they’re also more than that – you can make spiders, probes, turtles, dino and excavator bots — a lot more fun when you get tired of people-bots walking around. More: Robotis- Link. More photos of […]
Tzywen writes – Towers of Hanoi is a game that challenges the mind. There is a version for the iPhone where you use your fingers to move the disks. Usually it takes a long time to play because with 8 disks (last level), the minimum moves that you need to make to solve the puzzle […]
The folks who make the Pleo (Ugobe) released a Valentine’s day behavior for the robo-dino, here’s a quick video of what it does (says it loves you, blows kisses, etc) & here’s where to download it. Related: I, Pleo – Link. [AiboHack] Babe the Pleo (YAPT) – Link. Hack the Pleo robotic dinosaur new dev […]
Matt Mets made this neat video about using a servo motor as an input device for keyframing a robot animation. He writes: By reading the voltage from the center pin of the the servo’s potentiometer, it can be used as an input as well as an output device. Basically, you get a bunch of extra […]
The headline is a little misleading, a robot didn’t actually hunt a cat… just looked for one GKD writes – For many years now I have searched for practical uses for my robots, including my latest research project into behavioral control software that simulates a pet’s behavior . Most of my previous projects have been […]
Here’s an incredible video from IEEE Spectrum on the new robotic arm Dean Kamen’s DEKKA group is working on, it’s inspired by robotic arm in Star Wars that Luke Skywalker had – Link. Related: Dean Kamen’s “Luke Arm” prosthesis readies for clinical trials – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Dean Kamen: The Dean of […]
These French engineering students wrote some software to control a little Pekee bot via Nintendo DS’ wi-fi. They utilize several different control methods you may recognize from DS games (such as the MarioKart steering interface). To check out the app for yourself, download the .nds file posted here. And just in case that demo was […]
