Making Trouble — Pneubotics: Walking Bouncy Castles
Biology doesn’t use metal, and it doesn’t use servos. Nature points to some very interesting alternatives.
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!
Welcome — Building Robots That Play
Most of the technology in our lives we use for play, and that play personalizes the technology, whether it’s cars or computers.
The Arduino Library Grows by One
More and more books keep being released about our favorite little microcontroller, the Arduino. Apress offers a new one tomorrow entitled Arduino Robotics. Written by Josh Adams, John-David Warren, and Harald Molle, it’s is a monster 628 pages…
Printable Tentacle Parts
The printable ball-and-socket unit that makes up this tentacle is really just a prototype in the early development of Thingiverse user Misguided’s not-so-misguided (if we may offer a bit of encouragement) project to develop a printable tentacle actuator. Everything about his description makes me happy, so I’ll just quote it entirely…
Lego Curiosity Rover
Tim Goddard used Lego to masterfully recreate NASA’s Curiosity rover. Towards the end of 2011 NASA’s latest rover will be launched towards Mars. If all goes according to plan it will land in August 2012. This model is of the Curiosity rover as it will appear on the Martian surface; you can see the six […]
Wheeled Superbot Leaps Tall Fence in Single Bound
This little guy is awesome. Look at him go! From Sandia National Labs…
Arduino-Controlled Bubble Bot
I was cleaning out the garage (it’s a disaster!) and in the mess inspiration struck. It’s Summer and I have two little girls. This is my Bubble Bot. Size of bubbles is controlled by timing of servo. Parts List: (1) RBBB (Arduino clone) from Modern Device, (1) Cheap Servo, (mix) Erector set parts for mechanism, […]