Lego Omniwheel Clusters
Shown here is a later-stage prototype in engineer and hobby roboticist Xander Soldaat’s development of a Lego holonomic drive platform using native Lego system components for the omnidirectional wheels.
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!
Make: Live Episode 12: Robots (preview video)
Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Episode 12 is all about DIY robots to celebrate the upcoming release of MAKE Volume 27.
The Latest In Hobby Robotics 13
In this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Andrew and Frits are looking at a big question in life: “Why build a robot?”
And they have at least one fun reason: Solve a challenge.
Frits’s favorite challenge is discussed in the show:
Crossing the Gap Challenge: http://letsmakerobots.com/taxonomy/term/8954
Also in this show, is featured music made with aid of the Yellow Drum Machine, a robot that you can learn how to make in Make Magazine volume 27, scheduled to hit the stands on July 26th.
The Yellow Drum Machine (hit!) single “Dandelion pop” is out on iTunes and similar music stores: href=”http://itunes.apple.com/dk/artist/yellow-drum-machine/id436799216
Yes. It’s a robot with its own single on iTunes, and you can learn how to make one ;)
The Latest in Hobby Robotics 13
In this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Andrew and Frits are looking at a big question in life: “Why build a robot?” And they have at least one fun reason: Solve a challenge. Frits’s favorite challenge is discussed in the show: Crossing the Gap Challenge Also in this show, is featured music […]
In the Maker Shed: Motor Shield Kit
The Motor Shield Kit, from the Maker Shed, is great for adding motors to your next Arduino project. Connect bi-directional motors, stepper motors, and servos in various combinations. Four independent H-Bridges make it perfect for robotics!
It’s Robotics Month on MAKE
In concert with the forthcoming robot issue of MAKE, Volume 27, we’ll be covering robots here on the site this month. As you can imagine, over the years, we’ve amassed quite a lot of robot-related material, here on the website, in the magazine, and in Make: Projects. We’ll be repackaging some of the best of that material over the next month and organizing some of it into our Skill Builder series.
Delight in these Quadrotor Fails
We’ve been highlighting a lot of the amazing stunts that are performed with quadrotors lately; it practically seems like these little buzzing aircraft are infallible superstars. Well, if you’re sick of them acting like the BMOC and want to see them taken down a peg, this video from UPenn’s GRASP laboratory won’t disappoint. [via Adafruit]
