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!
We’ve talked about bicore nervous net BEAM circuits in the pages of MAKE. This two motor walker uses four “neurons” in its brain and is therefore called a quadcore. It’s basically two linked, oscillating signals that create a four-legged walking gate over the two motors. Two photodiodes make the walker light-seeking (or.. um .. shadow […]
Roboexotica gathers a wide variety of cocktail robot makers from around the world and bring them together for robot parties and presentations. I’m in Southern Austria in the city of Graz today visiting the information design college where a group of artists who are putting their cocktail robots together. The group shown above is in […]
Roboexotica is coming, Thu, Nov 22 2007 thru Sun, Nov 25 2007 @ Museumsquartier Wien, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna. If you want robots that serve you drinks well this is the best place on earth to find them… – Until recently, no attempts had been made to publically discuss the role of cocktail robotics as […]
iRobot published the 500 series (New Roomba) open interface specs, this is GREAT news and I’m thrilled that iRobot keeps opening up the interfaces for their fantastic robotic vacuums – Link (PDF). Related: HOW TO – Roomba Bluetooth Interface – Link. HOW TO – Make a Roomba Serial Interface – Link. iRobot 500 series – […]
Patricio sent in the construction of his photo panoramic robot, it shoots 60 photos for a complete 360 degree view… – Link.
Former MAKE technical advisory board member, techno artist, and environmental activist Natalie Jeremijenko recently gave a speech at the New Cultural Networks conference in Amsterdam. Regine, of we make money not art, was there and blogged her notes of the talk. Natalie talked about her various projects undertaken at New York University and elsewhere, such […]
Oddly compelling slow-mo tractor pull with two BEAM solarollers. Solaroller Tractor Pull – Link
