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!
I’m not always all about the NXT, there are just several cool contests going right now, this one from LEGO: NXT NXT…? Are you seeing double? Yes! We are presenting a doubly fun building challenge where you create a robot that uses 2 NXT bricks! We are also giving you double the amount of time […]
Sparky the art-robot responds to air quality, movement, and touch by collapsing his body in relative amounts – indicating quality of environment. Sparking responds negatively to: carbon monoxide, cigarette smoke, alcohol, too much dark lighting, hitting and yelling. Any of the above factors (depending on severity) makes Sparky drop it’s head and tail, whimper, and […]
Robert Oschler, of RobotsRule, has posted a hands-on video review of the forthcoming WowWee robot, the Robosapien Tri-Bot. The bot sports some cool new features such as omni-wheels and tilt-motion control via its remote. The Tri-Bot is expected to ship this summer and retail for USD $99. RobotsRule also has a Tri-Bot page with an […]
Here’s a video of a simple robot built with two RC servo motors and a GP3EZ controller that can be setup without any programming knowledge. Plus it doesn’t seem to crash into anything. GP3EZ
Surprisingly charming, balletic, super-slow-mo video of bots bashing the dickens out of each other (and various other objects). Filmed at Carolina Combat 2008 with a Casio Exilim EX-F1 camera. Carolina Combat 2008 [Thanks, Mark!]
Two Industrial Electrical Technician students built this automated muffin-making machine. The video captions are in French and there are no details about the construction, but it’s still kind of cool to watch. Machine à Muffins Automatisée [via]
Just a reminder that tonight is the May Dorkbot DC meeting and it will be at the new HacDC location (1525 Newton St NW — near 16th and Newton NW). I hope to see you there. I’ll be showing off all of the latest Make: Books and some of my Maker Faire swag! Here’s the […]
