The Nationals: FPV Drone Racing Goes Big-League
The first-ever drone-racing national championships brought the best FPV pilots to the air.
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!
Giant Fog-Breathing Robotic Crow Shoots Lasers
Artist David Cranmer’s “Stakcgrox” is a 3.5 meter tall robotic crow with a rotating head and glowing eyes that shoot lasers.
Salvius: A Humanoid Robot Born from a Junkyard
These days you can find and buy your very own robot from any number of companies (ROBOTIS, KumoTek, Honda, etc.). However, they can cost in excess of $12,000 or more and typically rely on specialized software to function. Back when I was a kid, 20 years ago, my friends and I would try to build our own […]
Self-Driving R/C Car Parks Itself Just Like a Lexus
Self-driving cars are in the news almost daily, but they are not exactly in my automotive budget for this decade. Today, that has changed. While this car might be smaller and not capable of giving me a ride, it’s still autonomous and, best of all, it is a project that I absolutely want to build! The […]
Everything We Know About the Upcoming USA vs Japan Giant Robot Battle
The creators of Megabots have come forward to challenge Japan to the fight of the century: a giant robot battle.
Retired Cleaning Robot Turned Into Abstract Expressionist Painter
Japanese artist and engineer “HYde JII” has turned an iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaner into a pretty impressive abstract expressionist painter. The robot, named Mr. Head (“Head-kun” in Japanese), a 15 year old Roomba, has retired his janitorial vacuum cleaner and taken up the arts. Four plastic bottles hold acrylic paints while an Arduino-controlled tube and […]
Turn Your iMac Box into an Incredible Drawbot
Learn how to take an Apple iMac computer box and recycle it into a computer-controlled robot that can draw artwork.
