Adorable wildlife photography bot
Is it me or are Evan Ackerman’s headlines getting funnier every day? This is the BeetleCam, by Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas. [via BotJunkie]
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!
New in the Maker Shed: Say It Module for voice commands
The new Say It Module adds voice recognition to your robot or other project. It has functionality for 23 built-in pre-programmed or up to 32 user-defined commands. Use the robust serial protocol to access the Say It Module functions from other microcontrollers. Make a voice controlled Boe-Bot, Home Automation, or any voice activated project.
CoasterBot tire change
Ancient three-finger technique for changing robot wheel tires.
Armatronic soccer-playing, beer-delivering, gun-toting robotic fridge
As everyone knows, the holy grail of robotic technology is a bot that can deliver beer to your La-Z-Boy. Our splendiferous Maker Media designer, Katie Wilson, sent us this email about the guy who runs the doggie daycare she uses. Shawn is a MAKE subscriber and spends most of his free time building stuff in […]
CoasterBot experimentation vids
I love the extent to which people are… er… thinking outside the bot in pursuing ideas beyond the standard layered cake approach to CDbots. In the first vid above, YouTube member eschulma shows a folding three-CD design using one full-size CD, two mini-CDs, and two attachment points, to create a folding CD assembly. Fascinated to […]
Fold-up “robotagami” figures
Lubbock, Texas artist Dustin Wallace, whose larger one-off/limited edition transforming robot sculptures I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, also makes these wicked little “robotagami” dudes that are CNC-cut from sheet metal (stainless steel or copper), ship flat, and get slotted together and folded up to make a dimensional figure by the buyer.
Everyman’s delta robot driven by Arduino
Delta robots use their parallel linkages to maintain a level end effector. This means they’re perfect for placing objects in factory settings and for looking awesome all the time. This one’s running on Arduino.