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!
Roomba adds a new workshop bot to their line up, last week they announced a pet version too… – “The same size and shape as the iRobot Roomba® Vacuuming Robot, iRobot Dirt Dog features an oversized, bagless debris bin that is approximately 40 percent larger than Roomba’s bin. The robot also features two counter-rotating bristle […]
MAKE pal Robert writes – “We just had our third Make:Philly meeting last night and I gave a presentation on: “Make Your Own Robots: Integrating and Controlling Popular Electronics and Robotics kits with Adobe Flash” I showed off BlueMelons BlueSense Kit, MakingThings Telo kit- talked about the new Make Kit and Vex, demonstrated a LEGO […]
James writes – “Stepper motors avoid expensive position feedback elements but cause jerking, stepped, motion. This open source, old school analog (linear) driver can be tuned for continuous motion. Ideal for telescopes, robotics, cnc, etc… “ – Link.
I’ve been working on a drawing robot lately. My goal is to make something work like the scribblebot that is featured in the current volume of the magazine. My friend 3ric and Adam are both helping me out but we need some help to make the image into something that a software program can use […]
Stepper motors and motors with encoders are the muscles of robots. Stepper motors have a magnet in them and a set of electromagnets push and pull them around. Motors with encoders have a disc at the end with lots of little bars and an eyeball that counts how many bars have passed. Watch the video […]
The title of this page is “Simple Robots” but they are the coolest robots ever to be made out of cardboard. it appears that this site has been on the internet for a while, but I’d never seen it and I’m totally inspired. It is hosted at geocities, which means that linking to it may […]
Something from the comments: Thanks to Shifzr for pointing us to this amazing drink serving robot from the 1980s. They actually sampled Hal, “completely operational and all my circuits are functioning perfectly.” How else can you reply but to say, “Open the pod bay doors and give me a vodka tonic!”
