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!
The MAKE team is going to visit the folks from iRobot (Makers of the Roomba) – so, Makers – what types of robots do you want to see in homes, business, etc? What features, access, specs, docs are important? Recently, iRobot released a SCI (Serial control interface) for their new vacuuming bots, and since then […]
There’s an eBay auction for 8 bots (Robosapiens and Roboraptors) the bidding is still at $200, not a bad deal and there are lots of hacks/projects with these little guys – Link. Related: Robosapien Dance Machine… – Link. Hack a Robosapien + kit – Link. Flame-thrower Robosapien – Link. Robosapien, Roboraptor to get new brains… […]
Here’s how to make brushless motors from CD-ROM parts and use them as small model airplane motors – [via] – Link.
Wow, check it out – Mikey (who made the RFID flame trampoline) has a blog for all the things going on in fire art & effects, great photos – here’s a cannibalized EKG machine hooked up to a fire ring, it pulses with your heartbeat – Link.
Fozz writes – “This is sort of an expansion & howto on my previous post of scroll a message on my cable box. I finally got around to building a new 8 digit display and mounting the whole thing in place of my floppy drive. The total cost for this project was less than $20. […]
Cousteau and the undersea world. Cameron and Titanic. And now, Joe Reinhardt and Mike Fields and the depths of Lake Moraine in upstate New York.
Here’s a low tech drawing cup project, might be fun to make a few dozens of these and let them loose – “Diane once taught a class in which a young student came up with the idea of attaching pens and a motor to a cup. Diane liked how the pens work as “legs” for […]
