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!
This little robot can navigate around the room based on what it sees on the CMU cam. I have always wanted a CMU cam, and now I want one even more. Check out the web site for a lot more information on this build. This is my first real robot. It is an “never-ending” project, […]
This robot uses a Lego RCX CPU for processing and marks all areas of a space that exhibit high EMF noise. A second robot moves around as well but attempts to avoid everything that was marked by the first robot. As a lesson in avoidance, their activities mirror the typical human mating pattern Automous Behavior
This interesting robot uses an Arduino and motor shield with one servo for steering and a standard DC motor for moevement. The bot is called “baratinha” which means “little cockroach” in Portuguese since it uses two micro-switches to detect if it has bumped into any obstacles. Watch the video for the full effect. Guilherme Martins […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Gimmelotsarobots has created metal monster! – This little guy is a Garg. The metal gargoyle robot I entered into the Crabfu Challenge on the Trossen Robotics community. The body is galvanized steel. It was made entirely from on hand parts such as CD player motors and hair dryer grills. […]
Viktor the drawbot uses chalk to mark on a blackboard.
While doing work on the forthcoming The Best of Instructables collection, I ran across this project for building little LED blinky bugs using an AVR Attiny44v. It looks like a great electronics and crafts project for kids and it’s a well-done Instructable. I was certain we’d covered it here on MAKE, but I couldn’t scare […]
“Micro.Adam” by German artist Julius Popp is a circular robot that is limited to one degree of freedom and thus can only rotate around itself. Simple in construction but interesting to watch as it moves in the above video. Julius Popp Projects
