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 hacking is about to take off – “The robots of the future are beginning to emerge from basements and attics around the world – basements and attics with very clean floors. That’s because these new robots are being built on top of a popular automated floor cleaner, the Roomba. Designed by iRobot Corp. of […]
VIA Arena has an interview with Tom Burick of White Box Robotics about the 914 PC BOT – back in May of 2005 MAKE spoke with Tom and his DIY PC based robotics platform. Looks like they’re getting close to shipping this year and we’ll see how a low cost mobile robot from off-the-shelf computer […]
Todbot has more photos and a 3rd Roomba Bluetooth interface, he writes – “The case is a Hubble-Bubba bubblegum container which contained about a meter of uncut blue bubblegum. I tried some of the gum and it was pretty gross. But the container was cool, looked a bit like the Roomba and was blue, so […]
We’re getting close to a robot lead on Broadway…“Meredith Finkelstein and Cindy Jeffers developed five robots for Heddatron, a play written by Elizabeth Merriweather, directed by Alex Timbers and produced by the Les Freres Corbusier theatre company. The play runs from February 8 to the 25 at HERE Theater (NYC).”[via] Link.
Giandomenico De Sanctis made a really clever robot arm, source and schematics included – “I am always been interested in the construction of robotic equipment, but I have no mode to make anything… until now! Some months ago I saw the movie “I, robot”, and I decided: it’s the moment! I want to build a […]
These super-sized Roomba-like robots from IntelliBOT are cleaning facilities around the USA – [via] Link. If you want to make your own version, check out the how-tos on controlling a Roomba with a serial cable and/or Bluetooth.
Volvo has robots that reproduce the same steering/driving movements to better test the towing performance and stability of their cars – robot truck drivers aren’t to far away it seems! [via] Link.
