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!
Here’s another remote-control robot built around a cooler, but for a completely different purpose. This Cooler Bot, accredited to the Creators at Hyde Park Middle School (!), was built using parts from the Vex Robotics and Pitsco Design System parts.
MAKE subscriber and prolific robot-builder Steve Norris writes in to share his latest creation, the CoolerBot. Unlike most of the telepresence devices we see, this one is designed to be used outdoors, and sports solar panels to help keep it charged up
I normally try to steer clear of weapons-related posts, but this “full auto” crossbow from YouTuber TheDuckman666 was too cool to pass up. There’s lots more crossbow-y goodness on his personal site. [via The Automata / Automaton Blog]
Chris Rojas cooked up some dazzling interactive eye candy using IR-bot tracking + video projection – I just finished installing some hardware for SparkFun’s robot tracking system. It’s sort of a mixed reality system combining home made robots and hacked together control systems, IR tracking and sweet high res projections from above. It uses a […]
Hold the digital presses! We have a hot-off-the-fab entry for our All-Arduino Gift Guide. Our BFFs at Solarbotics have just announced a new Arduino shield, the SB-GVS Arduino Shield, a break-out board for interfacing 3-wire hardware (Signal/Voltage/Ground) to Arduino. The SB-GVS shield lets you easily interface this sort of device [servos and other 3-wire peripherals […]
Windmil of the future? The latest advancement in kite fighting? Kitesurfing robots? The Festo CyberKite deftly controls the graceful movements of a rather large kite with relative ease.
Building a self-balancing robot too easy for you? Why not take an extra step and trick one out so that it can breakdance!
