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!
Ok, hot off the press – Microsoft is jumping servos first in to the robot arena with the Microsoft Robotics Studio, a free download for hobbyists, academics, and commercial developers. – Link. Resources: Tutorials – Link. 3rd party bots – Link. Also, check out ROBOT mag’s coverage … Link.
Photos from RoboGames 2006! – from Laughing Squid & from Bre.
I’m taking pictures at robogames. Make sure to tag your robogames pics with robogames and slap them into the Make photo pool! Besides my current obsession with artbots, I’m on the lookout for mean machines and humanoid robots. I started photographing robot t-shirts too. Get your good robot t-shirts out of the closet and photograph […]
RoboGames is this weekend June 16-18, 2006 in San Fran!! MAKE will have a table at the event, and will be filming! – “Walking androids, soccer robots, art bots, and the best flame-throwing, high-energy, steel-crunching robots in the world come to SF for the annual robot olympics! This year robots from 20 countries return to […]
We visited iRobot last week and took a ton of photos of the evolution of their bots, from the Roomba robot vacuum (with its open interface) to the PackBot – Photo set and MP4 video.
Here are a few hacks, mods and projects for the Robosapien (version 2) robot – including… a preview of a flame throwing one – [via] – Link. Related: More flame throwing Robosapiens – awesome. Other Robosapien hacks, mods and more – Link. Hack A Robosapien – This maker-friendly bot begs to be opened up. MAKE […]
Tempusmaster writes “Sugiura-san, the designer of Dynamizer – one of the top ROBO-ONE robots in Japan, created a very simple and cute robot cat design that only requires five servos.” – Link.
