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 subscriber Nick Santillan of Vancouver, BC, wrote in to share a video of his Red Blue CNC, a prototype which we posted about a couple months ago. The video highlights the ease of assembly and configuration of the machine. It’s assembled and disassembled with a single wrench, and can be configured as a wheeled […]
Uppermost, what I’m pretty sure is a rendering of a virtual Lego model called Brick by Brick, by graphic designer Ian Leino. Immediately above, MC MECHANIC, by photographer Shane Willis.
The Aldebaran Robotics Nao robot is highly expressive and is quite the sight to see by itself. Each Nao robot is about the size of a small child and can interact with users through multiple sensory input. Now imagine a room full of 20 Nao robots dancing in unison. A most impressive, er, feat indeed.
Perpetual Storytelling Aparatus by Julius von Bismarck & Benjamin Maus: The “Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus†is a drawing machine illustrating a never-ending story by the use of patent drawings. The machine translates words of a text into patent drawings. Seven million patents — linked by over 22 million references — form the vocabulary. By using references […]
A group of researchers from Harvard and MIT have pushed us closer to a world of programmable matter. Their approach is a self-folding surface that can take on almost any shape.
Theo Jansen, the Dutch kinetic sculptor that inspired a way of mechanical walking, has done it again. We’ve seen versions of his walking machines rendered in plastic tubing, laser-cut plastic sheet, wood, metal, paper, cardboard, Legos. And now, baling wire, thanks to MAKE subscriber Brandon Gruber (Vista, CA). Baling Wire Walker More: Theo Jansen papercraft […]
Gears are easy to understand, make, and use, IF you know the vocabulary and can space the gears at the correct distance apart.
