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!
Robert Oschler, of RobotsRule, has posted a hands-on video review of the forthcoming WowWee robot, the Robosapien Tri-Bot. The bot sports some cool new features such as omni-wheels and tilt-motion control via its remote. The Tri-Bot is expected to ship this summer and retail for USD $99. RobotsRule also has a Tri-Bot page with an […]
Here’s a video of a simple robot built with two RC servo motors and a GP3EZ controller that can be setup without any programming knowledge. Plus it doesn’t seem to crash into anything. GP3EZ
Surprisingly charming, balletic, super-slow-mo video of bots bashing the dickens out of each other (and various other objects). Filmed at Carolina Combat 2008 with a Casio Exilim EX-F1 camera. Carolina Combat 2008 [Thanks, Mark!]
Two Industrial Electrical Technician students built this automated muffin-making machine. The video captions are in French and there are no details about the construction, but it’s still kind of cool to watch. Machine à Muffins Automatisée [via]
Just a reminder that tonight is the May Dorkbot DC meeting and it will be at the new HacDC location (1525 Newton St NW — near 16th and Newton NW). I hope to see you there. I’ll be showing off all of the latest Make: Books and some of my Maker Faire swag! Here’s the […]
Musician/roboticists Dan Paluska and Jeff Lieberman constructed a web-connected “robotic mechanical orchestra” that uses artificial intelligence to creatively riff on melodies composed remotely by users on the web.
5volt made a sweet little radio-controlled tank using an ATtiny24 – This is the model R/C tank I am designing on a gearbox + Tracks & wheels from Tamiya. The radio is Hitec and two receiver servo outputs feed the microcontroller-based Pulse Position Modulation output to Pulse Width Modulation converter. – My Radio Controlled Tank […]
