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!
In this Ignite talk, social roboticist Heather Knight talks about her work at JPL. The talk feels a bit rushed, but you can explore more about the projects she mentions at her website (link below). Marilyn Monrobot From MAKE magazine: In MAKE, Volume 19: Robots, Rovers, and Drones, learn how to make a model plane […]
Simon Kirby sends word of a hot new group destined for stardom and driven by solenoids. Ladies & gents, put your hands together for – Cybraphon! […] a robotic orchestra in a large display cabinet, inspired by 19th century automata. The unusual feature of Cybraphon is that it is emotional. It’s mood is shaped by […]
Besides being darn cute, ogutti’s iPhone-headed Robochan features the following abilities – change its face dance with playing music wake up alarm with body motion interaction with its body teach and playback – and let’s not forget the above-seen leek shaking prowess! (ok, I guess that counts as dancing) [via Pink Tentacle]
Mikey Sklar’s Dirt Dog battery pack was kaput. He took it apart, found the dead cell in the pack, and replaced it with a NiMH AA rechargeable. iRobot Dirt Dog Battery
yergacheffe writes – I had recently purchased a pair of 5V stepper motors and a motor driver shield from the fine folks at adafruit industries which seemed perfect for spinning the knobs. The question was how to connect the steppers to the knobs. As it happens I had also just bought a gear set from […]
Alex at Tinkerlog has been enamored with Braitenberg vehicles recently. Here’s his latest batch of “tiny Braitenberg vehicles.” I was hugely inspired and influenced by Valentino Braitenberg’s book (Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology) when it first came out in the early 80s, so I love to see people experimenting with the different “emotions” that can […]
Super cute robot drummer – Let’s make robots.
