Bot-bash ballet
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!]
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!
Robot muffin man
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]
Attention DC Dorks, Makers, and Hackers
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 […]
Made On Earth — Musical Engineerity
Musician/roboticists Dan Paluska and Jeff Lieberman constructed a web-connected “robotic mechanical orchestra” that uses artificial intelligence to creatively riff on melodies composed remotely by users on the web.
R/C tank
5volt made a sweet little radio-controlled tank using an ATtiny24 – This is the model R/C tank I am designing on a gearbox + Tracks & wheels from Tamiya. The radio is Hitec and two receiver servo outputs feed the microcontroller-based Pulse Position Modulation output to Pulse Width Modulation converter. – My Radio Controlled Tank […]
Delfly II: Remote controlled dragonfly
I wish there was an English version of this video so I could understand more about this amazing RC dragonfly. Luckily, the website has an English version with a lot of information. DelFly II weights ready to fly, with onboard camera, 16.07g. The camera is not only used for observation purposes, but also as input […]
Robot builder talks about his My Dummy project
MAKE editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder talks with bot builder Daniel O’Connell at Maker Faire about My Dummy, a mildly disturbing robot child who rides around on a tricycle. My Dummy