Rock ’em Sock ’em Robot Rock Climbers Game Cabinet
Jeff Highsmith, who works for REI, built this wonderful servomechanical arcade game (called Peak 97) as part of “a series of automatons and robotic effigies of my coworkers.”
Robotics
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Wiimote-Controlled Fire-Breathing Animatronic Pony
Buttercup the FirePony is an excellent project created by members of Louisville, KY’s hackerspace LVL1 and shown off at Maker Faire Detroit. [Via Hacked Gadgets, thanks Alan!]
DIY Animatronic Eyes
Chris at PyroElectro created a tutorial on building your own animatronic eyes. One of the holy grails in animatronics is a realistic robotic eye because eyes are one of the hardest facial features to duplicate with realistic quality. While I have no intention of building the perfect animatronic eye in this tutorial, the low cost […]
The Latest in Hobby Robotics 17
In this week’s episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Frits Lyneborg is giving you two fun ideas for nerds with RC cars. The first and easier one is “build something new from the parts.” The second and more complex one is to upgrade your RC car with “computer assisted sliding control.” There is also […]
Mindstorms Cake Cutting Robot
This creation, by Bart and Stef, repurposes a can lid to cut cakes. You can select as many slices as you want and the NXT brick computes the angles.
Meet the Makers from MAKE Volume 27: Frits Lyneborg
Frits Lyneborg is co-host of MAKE’s video series, The Latest in Hobby Robotics and runs Let’s Make Robots! the largest online community of its kind, which he started in 2008 as a forum for robot electronics, programming, and funny ideas and inspiration.
NASA’s Smartphone-Powered SPHERES Robots
NASA recently upgraded their Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) with Nexus S smartphones running Android. The upgrade add the intelligence and hardware needed for units to become remotely operated robots.
