DIY Robot ride
Here’s a car seat with a 5 point racing harness welded to a robotic arm [via] – Link.
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!
Homemade Star Wars AT-ST walker
Mike writes – “MiniMechadon was designed/constructed from Nov ’02 to Dec ’03. Currently, the mechanics and electrical hardware are complete. I have written some test code to exercise the servos and demonstrate the flexibility of the robot and for basic walking. The main goal of the project is to experiment with learning algorithms that will […]
OpenServo Wiki – low-cost digital servo for robotics
Here’s an interesting project which aims to create a low-cost digital servo for robotics – “OpenServo is an open community-based project started by Mike Thompson with the goal of creating a low-cost digital servo for robotics. The hardware and software design of the OpenServo is free for anyone to use and modify to meet their […]
WiiBot – Robot with sword
Intense, here’s how to build a sword-wielding, tennis-playing, WiiMote-controlled, friendly robot – Link.
HOW TO – Building a internet controlled security robot
Here’s how to build a security robot that can be controlled and viewed over the internet. The planned final version will be a kids 48″ electric car with a network camera attached… [via] – Link.
Robo building machine
Sven sent in this video demonstrating Behrokh Khoshnevis’ Robo Building machine in action – Link. Related: Behrokh Khoshnevis – Link. Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies (CRAFT) – Link.
HOW TO – Make your Robonova-1 speak
Tom from Robot magazine writes – “One of our readers hacked a Robonova-1 and gave it the ability to speak. It uses a small Quadravox QV306M1 chip that can accept up to four minutes of audio files that can be broken into up to 240 separate ound bites–you can source sound files from practically anywhere. […]