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!
Westsw shows you how to control the speed of a small DC motor with nothing but the serial port on your computer, a single MOSFET, and DOS commands… – Link. More serial project for serial Makers: Control the Parallel (or Serial) Port with Python – Link. HOW TO – Make a Roomba Serial Interface – […]
MAKE pal Todbot’s Hacking Roomba book is now available for pre-order! It’s all about how to turn your Roomba into your own singing, dancing, art making robot and will be shipping in mid-November, just in time for the holidays! – Link & Amazon. Book notes: A gizmo as cool as Roomba just begs to be […]
Monday night on the History Channel’s “Modern Marvels” show tune in to see Marque Cornblatt discuss robots, and how they will change the future of telecommunications. Also get a peek at the next generation Sparky robot (Marque was at Maker Faire)… Sparky bridges the gap between people and machines. Using found objects, technologies and materials […]
Part robotic plant life, part techno-sculpture, these desktop toys are easy and fun to make, the pummer! – and hey, it’s Friday so here’s a free article just for our blog readers from the pages of MAKE 08 – Toys and games. Click here to download the PDF, or get this PDF and many others […]
I stopped by the Artbots opening in NYC and took some photos, definately something to check out if you’re in the NYC area… Jonah Brucker-Cohen’s “IPO madness” is a lot of fun. ArtBots is very happy to announce a regional NYC show as part of the science+art festival 2006 this fall. The show will feature […]
Annina writes – “This is a simple way to control the flow of water via a microcontroller or similar. Most commercial irrigation valves require a certain amount of water pressure. This valve is designed for low water pressure. It is used in the eRiceCooker project, a fully automated system that cooks rice according to the […]
For $16, this could be really useful for a lot of projects… A robot hand – “The various gears and levers inside this clear plastic hand interact to move the fingers as if they are playing one of six classic piano pieces; as the digits play selections from Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony”, Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer,” […]
