Watch These Oversized Multirotor X-Wing and TIE Fighters Fly
Rodger Cleye has built a growing fleet of DIY X-Wing and TIE Fighters to zoom around in wonderful, off-balance multirotor flight.
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!
Building Up to Maker Faire, Shawn Thorsson Brings ED-209 to Life: Part 5 — Rotocasting
Hollow resin castings for Robocop’s worst nightmare
Autonomous Android Phonebot Tracks, Chases Toy Like Housecat
Powerful, cheap, open platform from obsolete phone, OpenCV, Arduino, RC toy.
Arduino’s Servo Library: Angles, Microseconds, and “Optional” Command Parameters
A closer look at Arduino’s servo library and the optional parameters you should be aware of.
Underwater ROV at the Edinburgh mini Maker Faire
Martin Evans builds underwater ROV’s and he brought three different type of ROV here to the Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire and I took the opportunity to talk to Martin about his builds.
Wall-E the Edinburgh mini Maker Faire
Dale Wood—a maker from Zimbabwe that now lives here in Scotland—has built a life-sized replica of Disney’s WALL-E robot and it’s on display at the Edinburgh mini Maker Faire.
LeJOS, the Java Operating System for Legos, Releases EV3 Beta
Today, the team behind LeJOS — the Java operating system for Legos — released a beta edition of their software for Mindstorms EV3. LeJOS has been around since 2000, when Jose Solozano first built the open-source Java-based software for Mindstorms RCX; it’s one of several software replacement systems for Mindstorms, which try to take advantage […]
