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!
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rautiocination writes – “Artpainter stands for adaptive resonance theory painter, also known as the painting machine. This device takes user input through a website and local tablet pc’s, which it then “learns” through system of neural networks. The machine then improvizes using what it has learnt.” – Link.
Here are some photos from last night’s robot hacking/fighting event @ Nerd Salon. Thanks go out to the 111 Minna Gallery for the space and Jennifer / Annalee for putting it on…. Oh, special thanks to MikeK. We need to upgrade the firmware to have the bots violate their 3 laws, MikeK happen to have […]
MAKE pal and Roomba hacker Todbot show you how use the Roomba as a MIDI instrument, maybe we’ll have this running at the Roomba fights – “The Roomba has a piezo beeper that can play tunes. You’ve heard it. And its motors make noise. Why not put them under MIDI control? So here is RoombaMidi: […]
MAKE will be at the next Nerd Salon showing how to make Bluetooth / Serial controllers to control the iRobot robotic vacuum, oh and we’ll fight them to the death, bets will be taken in virtual currency (Lindens) – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make a Roomba Serial Interface – Link. Videos from Roomba fights! […]
Crabfu SteamWorks writes – “A simple hack of the Tamiya turtle kit, to be powered by steam. Including a video of the race between steam turtle and steam walker(hare) -see who wins!” – Link.
Robodyssey shows how to upgrade the Robosapien and it looks like they’re going to sell kits soon too! – ” We hacked a Robosapien just because we thought they were so cool. After taking our robot on a couple of field trips, we were ask so many times “How did you do that?” that we […]
Ryan writes – “I’ve been following with much interest these robo-one style robots. The servo powered little humanoids with amazing capabilities. I saw a few video clips of the KHR-1 humanoid and decided I wanted it. Then I saw the price. Around $1,200. Then i decided i could build one myself. Imagine a doll, crossed […]
