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!
Meatbot-in-chief of RobotsRule, Robert Oschler, sent us this extremely silly vid of i-SOBOT interacting with the Eyeball Widget on the Chumby. There’s something very Marcel Duchamp for the 21st century about the whole thing. i-SOBOT : World’s Smallest Chumby User! – Link
Pretty funny video of this “galloping” bot by James Andrew Smith from the robotics labs at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. My alma mater! Bounding PAW Robot – Link, [via]
Maker Faire photos from Steevithak including this pleo dresses in sheep’s clothing… – [via] Link.
Dan writes – I’ve been receiving lots of neat little packages in the mail lately full of magical trinkets. Alone, they’re totally useless, but if you take the trinkets and arrange them just so, they’ll let you tell them what to do. Naturally the first thing I thought to make was a tank. I built […]
John Sosoka, CTO of Ugobe, was at Maker Faire Austin showing off Pleo, the company’s robotic dino pet, and answering questions about the bot, especially its hackability. The video interview is rather awash in the ambient noise of a very busy Maker Store, so the transcript on RobotsRule is your best bet. [Photo by Scott […]
Trossen Robotics runs a monthly contest to encourage interesting and innovative robot-related projects. The winning entry this month (September) is an art piece called White Lies, a mysterious robot painting machine housed in old sewing cabinet that paints as you approach and touch it. First place winners of the contest get a $200 Trossen Robotics […]
These line-following bots called “Gbots” also go by the culturally specific “Army of Darkness”. If you are confused and want to read more (link below), you might find out exactly how they got their name. GBot Wiki – Link
