This Week in Making: Walking Mech Cosplay, SeaCharger’s Return Home, and More
This week, a cosplayer suited up as Overwatch’s D.Va, the SeaCharger tried to find a way home, and a prankster finds his way backstage.
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This Autonomous Boat Went from California to Hawaii and Beyond
After Damon met his autonomous boat in Hawaii after launching it from California, he set its course towards New Zealand.
Did a Solar-Powered Autonomous Boat Just Cross the Pacific Ocean?
Damon McMillan built a robotic boat. Not just any robotic boat. This one is sailing across the world’s oceans. And it’s just simple and elegant enough to work.
Self-Driving R/C Car Parks Itself Just Like a Lexus
Self-driving cars are in the news almost daily, but they are not exactly in my automotive budget for this decade. Today, that has changed. While this car might be smaller and not capable of giving me a ride, it’s still autonomous and, best of all, it is a project that I absolutely want to build! The […]
Agile Hexapod Sees with Market’s Smallest, Lowest Cost LIDAR
At the Bay Area Maker Faire, we saw one of the coolest autonomous robots ever: Rhoeby, a navigation-capable hexapod. While the robot 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 systems work in a similar fashion to radar. The system sends […]
Watch 24 Robots Compete in Weekend DARPA Challenge
Starting today in Pomona California, and continuing through all of tomorrow, 24 teams will put their robots through a series of eight difficult tasks that must be completed within one hour.
Waterborne Robots Display Emergent Behavior
Vessels is a robotic art installation consisting of fifty autonomous robots floating around in a pool and interacting with their fellows using a variety of sensors.
