CupCake CNC build, part 1: Introduction & background
Making of the Cupcake CNC from MakerBot Industries
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!
Intern’s Corner: Making Makey’s “stretchy” body in Inventor
Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Kris Magri, engineering intern How I designed Makey, Part II: Creating the “stretchy” robot body in Inventor When designing Makey the Robot for MAKE, Volume 19, I ran […]
Giger: Custom humanoid robot
Giger is a really cool looking humanoid robot, and the specs are impressive. The robot stands about 2 feet tall, weighs in around 11 lbs, and cost $10,000 to build! I guess those Dynamixel Actuators are fairly expensive!
Auto-tracking sentry gun build
The beginnings of an Aliens-style (except, you know, without all the actual bullets and killing and so forth) automatic sentry gun from diederick. The tracking platform is obviously flexible, but I think he intends to mount an AirSoft gun.
Automatic sound-responsive puppet mouth
Guilherme Martins built this “talkie walkie” in response to a challenge to build a robot using only one servo. It responds to sound in real time, automatically controlling the movements of a lip-syncing paper mouth. [via Hack a Day]
Talking Arduino Halloween skeleton
Samuel Seide brings us this animatronic talking skull Instructable. It’s motion-activated and uses a Waveshield kit for sound. [Thanks, Sam!]
iPhone Rock Band robot
Rock Band has been released on the iPhone, and even though its a lot of fun, I would rather have something play it for me. Preferably a robot!
