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!
I spent a good part of my only-child-childhood with this “robot” called 2-XL from Mego Corporation – I buy old ones off eBay for parts / projects and I finally got around to starting my 2-XL laptop bag project. I bought this green bag specifically because it was “2-XL green” and started to outfit it […]
Check out Racegreathouselabs robots and fire machines… I like the spider bot [via] – Link & photos.
Tom writes – “If you haven’t seen it, we have an exclusive large format schematic of Kyosho’s new MANOI humanoid robot at www.botmag.com, plus images taken in Japan — of the AT01 and PF01 being demonstrated. This was provided by our mutual friend, Lem Fugitt of www.robots-dreams.com.” – Link.
Todbot writes – “Ever since Bluetooth adapters for Roombas appeared, I’ve wanted to control my Roomba with a cell phone. All my recent phones have had Bluetooth. But getting a devkit for a phone was expensive and phone-specific. Trying to develop J2ME (aka “JavaME”) applications for cell phones has been a mess, especially for non-Windows […]
It would bring the drawbot shame if I didn’t make a video of it drawing in all its glory. In this video, I feature James Larsson, drawbotted above and Jim Purbric and his alter ego, Babbage Linden, drawbotted below. If you didn’t see last weeks installment, make sure to go watch it here. Click here […]
The Drawbot was put through the paces at the Make Fest. The management had to shut us down because we were the only folks left there! Here’s what goes in: And what it draws out: I’m gathering quite a collection of awesome drawbot drawings. I think the drawbot needs to have an artshow to showcase […]
Gareth writes – “I just posted this project on Street Tech. I thought it would be good for the Make blog, as it shows how to build the one-motor walker that was pictured on pg. 57 of Make Vol. 6… Now folks can learn how to build the bot!” [via] – Link. Related: More…Absolute Beginner’s […]
