Technology

SwashBot – robot from a helicopter

CrabFu’s latest project, the SwashBot, is a 3-legged radio controlled robot built from RC helicopter guts. The three servos that would normally affect the swashplate control the position of the three legs. Instead of tilting or raising the swashplate, the control inputs move the robot from side to side or up and down in a […]

Pummer pics on Make: Pool

Pummer pics on Make: Pool

Pummer pics, and brief vid, in the Make: Flickr Pool. Pummer gathering sun (3/4 right view) Related: HOW TO – Make a pummer – Part robotic plant life, part techno-sculpture Part robotic plant life, part techno-sculpture, these desktop toys are easy and fun to make, the pummer! – and hey, it’s Friday so here’s a […]

Arduino in an Altoids tin

Arduino in an Altoids tin

TriggerDog has been doing the projects in Making Things Talk, and came up with a great way to take the Arduino on the go: Small easy, and awfully unorigional. But, useful and free. Now I can bring my arduino with me in my laptop bag and goof around with it at lunch time at work […]