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!
You know those wire-actuated sky cameras they use to capture aerial footage of sporting events in large stadiums? Turns out that type of motion-control platform is called a “wirebot,” and our fabulous guest author Riley Porter has just posted a very cool Arduino-based build of a small scale wirebot motion control platform on a PVC frame.
The Carnegie Mellon Robotics Club built this Vibratron instrument as part of their ambitious RobOrchestra project. It looks awesome! I hope they go on tour soon. You can check out their website for more details, and some video demonstrations of the mechanisms involved on their YouTube channel. [via I Heart Robotics]
The official word about this Victorian house that has a secret garage is that it was created by Beausoleil Architects as a way to comply with building housing codes. I’m not buying it though- I think that it’s actually just a cover for a large, house-sized robot that needs to be fed cars periodically.
Need a robotic arm to do your evil bidding? Then look no further than the Robotic arm kit available in the Maker Shed. You command the gripper to open and close, and control wrist motion of 120 degrees, an extensive elbow range of 300°, base rotation of 270°, base motion of 180°, vertical reach of […]
In this weeks show, Rik and Frits are taking a look at one of the oldest, yet still most popular simple and fun hobby robot projects: “The Sumo”. Also in this show, a look at a very impressive piece of a hand made full metal robot that looks like it is ready to explore Mars. […]
Remember MakerBeam, the T-slot variant that began as a Kickstarter project? MakerBeam is a Mini-T open-source building system. Mini-T is a miniature version of T-slot (a technology that is widely used for industrial automation, robotics and machine enclosures.) Not only is it small enough to work as a model building system, but it’s also precise […]
Shep’s quad flexpicker packs 6 NXT microcontroller bricks, 22 motors and servos, and 26 sensors and muxes, and takes the form of four delta robots grabbing bricks from a conveyor. The grippers are pneumatic and are controlled via IR signals. So sweet! This system uses four parallel robots which are fed using two conveyor belts. […]
