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!
With over 1.5 million iRobot Roomba on the loose, it was just a matter of time before small crafter/Maker businesses would sprout up for people who own them and want to accessorize their bots, earlier we posted about the Roomba costumes developed by a few kids and it’s starting to take off, they just sold […]
Clever approach to fight tick-borne diseases – “A tick-exterminator designed by three engineering undergrads at the Virginia Military Institute scours yards for ticks and nabs them with its pesticide-laced denim skirt.” [via] Link. Interesting, iRobot may want to consider chatting with these fellows – a ruggedized Roomba, with its AI, and this approach could work […]
Robot-Dreams.com has some great videos and history of a reborn Armatron – “Every “roboteer” worth their salt remembers “Armatron”, the fantastic robot arm from Tomy, and marketed by Radio Shack in the US during the early 1980’s. Well, it turns out that a group of Japanese roboteers also must have some pretty fond memories of […]
The Nabaztag is a cool little robotic WiFi enabled rabbit that will react to email, RSS and other data – they’re only sold in Europe, but MAKE pal Harper not only managed to get his hands on one, but he took it apart, lots of fun, robo bunny guts and surprises – Link. Flickr photos […]
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 […]
