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!

Linear actuators without shafting

Linear actuators without shafting

A major obstacle standing in the way of total self-replication by rapid prototyping machines, notably RepRap, is that certain of the components, particularly ground shafting (or threaded rod) for the Cartesian robot’s linear actuators, require greater precision than the machines are currently capable of. Thingiverse user fdavies is engaged in a noble effort to design printable linear actuators that require no shafting and are instead based on the hinged Sarrus linkage (Wikipedia). Excelsior!

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Photopopper drawbot

Photopopper drawbot

I love this transformation of a Solarbotics Photopopper into a drawbot, simply by attaching an alligator clip to the back of the bot and clipping on a pen. The site is in Spanish. Here’s a translation of the page, though the image pretty much speaks for itself. In the Maker Shed: Photopopper Photovore 5.0 Our […]

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