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 really surprised that telepresence/telerobotics hasn’t caught on more than it has. IRobot was R&Ding this tech nearly a decade ago. And the tools to make it happen have only gotten cheaper and more widely distributed. In this story, reverberating around the Interwebs, Ivan Bowman, a computer programmer, works from his living room in Nova […]
A “firefighting” robot which uses the Wiimote as the controller talking to a desktop Linux machine over Bluetooth. Wiimote controlled firefighting robot – Link Related: Wiimote as car accelerometer – Link Wii Loop Machine – Wiimote Beats – Link Wiimote controlled robot arm – Link
Kazuhisa Terasaki is known for making whimsical robots out of wood. Basically, they’re wood, servos, and an MCU. His robot Weird-7 was such a hit in Japan, he produced a kit for it. Now he’s showing off a much more sophisticated bot, Weird-72, that’s still mainly wood and a crapload of servomotors. Kazuhisa’s website has […]
Here’s how to turn an iRobot Create learning bot into a personal WiFi scanner and optimizer!- Link.
Little bugs… for bugging people – A life-size, robotic fly has taken flight at Harvard University. Weighing only 60 milligrams, with a wingspan of three centimeters, the tiny robot’s movements are modeled on those of a real fly. While much work remains to be done on the mechanical insect, the researchers say that such small […]
Now that iRobot’s vacuums and poolbots are firmly ensconced in the marketplace (and in many of our homes), what do they want to clean next? Our gutters. The Looj robot is designed to auger out leaves from your gutters. Cool idea, but do you really want to spend the money on a robot you only […]
Sixty-seven people in home-made Dalek costumes converged last Sunday at The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, England. They were attempting to set a world record for the largest assembly of the extraterrestrial borg bad guys, featured in the beloved BBC TV series Dr. Who. Dalek Invasion of Earth – Link Day of the […]
