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.
Robotics
Making a robot can be an incredibly rewarding experience. Itโs the perfect combination of creativity, engineering and problem solving. However, if youโre just getting started in robotics, it can also be overwhelming. To make things easier for those who are just starting out, weโve 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!
Watch These Dancing Delta Bots Sway and Glow
We have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Robot Army. That’s not really a sentence you get to say every day is it? Well, we get to! This robot army isn’t as scary as it sounds. Instead of showing up armed as one might expect from the name, this robot army of delta bots […]
InMoov Provides Everything from Prosthetics to Cocktails Around the World
A global community is contributing expertise to the InMoov Project
From the Magazine: InMoov, the Life-Size Humanoid Robot You Can Print at Home
How InMoov, the open-source, 3D-printed humanoid robot was born.
Agile Hexapod Sees with Marketโs Smallest, Lowest Cost LIDAR
At the Bay Area Maker Faire, weย saw one of the coolest autonomous robots ever: Rhoeby, a navigation-capable hexapod. While the robotย is built from a customized version of a standard ROBOTIS Bioloid “spider” kit, the real magic behind Rhoeby is the LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) system. LIDAR systemsย work in aย similar fashion to radar. The systemย sends […]
Why Itโs so Hard to Make Humanoid Robots
Building humanoid robots is hard. It may be surprising, but humans have upwards of 21 senses to master, three of which โ balance, proprioception (knowing where your body parts are in relation to each other), and kinesthetic sense (knowing how to move those body parts in relation to each other) โ are integral for moving […]
Robot Battles Are Coming to Your Living Room
Ever wanted your own personal BattleBot competition? Well, you’re in luck, because that’s exactly what the Bot Bash Party service delivers. When you book a party, one of their seasoned robot battle professionals will bring an arena and four remote-controlled battle robots straight to your door. You can duke it out with your friends while […]
