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!
IRobot released their new Looj gutter-cleaning robot ($99) today and showed off their forthcoming ConnectR, a telepresence bot built on (literally) the success of the Roomba line of bots. The ConnectR has the same basic form-factor as Roomba with a webcam mounted on it. It can be controlled over the Web and offers remote audio […]
You may have bumped into Clayton Bailey’s work online before. He’s a crazed robot sculptor, ceramics artist, armorer, ray gun builder, and all-around Dail-esque weirdo (and we mean that in a good way). Here’s a profile of him from Weird America. The Ceramic and Metal Sculpture of Clayton Bailey – Link
Robots Dreams (by way of Waziwazi) has posted new videos of the forthcoming Tomy i-Sobot, a very nimble and sophisticated mini-humanoid (especially given its $299 pricetag). Can’t wait for this thing to come out to see about its hacks potential. The i-Sobot is available for pre-order on Amazon (and elsewhere) and is supposed to “in […]
This hexapod robot by animatronic artist Matt Denton is sure to freak your freak. Truly impressive. Micromagic Systems (Denton’s animatronics site) – [via] Link
Here’s a video of making a robot doll-like project from start to finish, and the music is catchy.
This bot was built by Andrew Hundt, Boris Lipchin, and Ned Fox for an Intro to Robotics class at Carnegie Mellon. It uses modified DarwiinRemote software and the venerable MIT HandyBoard to tank-drive a camera-equipped LEGObot. Andrew writes: This robot is composed of Legos and uses a handyboard as the control hardware. It has 4 […]
This short vid shows two really sweet BEAM Vibrobot “spiders” skittering around on a dinner plate. If you’re interested in learning how to make solar-powered vibrobots, I did a how-to on Street Tech a while back (see link below). BEAM spider bots face off – Link How-To: Build BEAM Vibrobots – Link
