Dancing meat … *burf*
Joan Healy‘s sound-activated Meat Market devices explore motions of organic materials under the control of … AGH! It’s freakin’ dancing meat, people!!! [Thanks, Eric!]
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!
How-To: Build a BEAM solarroller
Yesterday, I posted a reprinted from my old tech site, Street Tech, of a piece I did on Zach DeBord’s solar-powered vibrobots. Here’s another piece from Street Tech, one on building solarrollers, a simple kind of solar-powered car common in beginner BEAM robotics. Like the vibrobots, this would make a perfect project for a family […]
How-To: Build BEAM vibrobots
The following article is reprinted from my old personal-tech website, Street Tech. I thought these vibrobots would make perfect family projects for the “Teach Your Family to Solder” MAKEcation. If you have kids too young to solder, you could build a mint-tin vibrobot [PDF] with them (which doesn’t require soldering) and these solar-powered vibrobots with […]
Heather Knight of JPL @ Ignite
In this Ignite talk, social roboticist Heather Knight talks about her work at JPL. The talk feels a bit rushed, but you can explore more about the projects she mentions at her website (link below). Marilyn Monrobot From MAKE magazine: In MAKE, Volume 19: Robots, Rovers, and Drones, learn how to make a model plane […]
Meet Cybraphon – the autonomous emotional robot band
Simon Kirby sends word of a hot new group destined for stardom and driven by solenoids. Ladies & gents, put your hands together for – Cybraphon! […] a robotic orchestra in a large display cabinet, inspired by 19th century automata. The unusual feature of Cybraphon is that it is emotional. It’s mood is shaped by […]
iPhone bot has touch-interface face
Besides being darn cute, ogutti’s iPhone-headed Robochan features the following abilities – change its face dance with playing music wake up alarm with body motion interaction with its body teach and playback – and let’s not forget the above-seen leek shaking prowess! (ok, I guess that counts as dancing) [via Pink Tentacle]
Replacing dead batteries in a iRobot Dirt Dog
Mikey Sklar’s Dirt Dog battery pack was kaput. He took it apart, found the dead cell in the pack, and replaced it with a NiMH AA rechargeable. iRobot Dirt Dog Battery
