5 Impressive Robotics Projects You Don’t Want to Miss
A few of our favorite robotics builds from the Make: archives.
coasterbot
Versatile Lasercut Turtle Robot Platform
Doug Fennell of Horn Lake, Mississippi, just sent us a link to this good-looking two-wheeled coasterbot-style “puck” ‘bot chassis he designed to be laser-cut from 4mm acryli
7 things I’ve learned while building a CoasterBot
At last count, 625 makers have decided to create a bot for our awesome Robot Build, and I’m one of them! My concept is a bristlebot built with four toothbrushes and a mini CD. I bought some wee vibration motors, one for each brush, and right now, I’m trying to figure out a bunch of […]
Coasterbot entry has obstacle avoidance, style
If you’re participating in our awe-inspiring MAKE Robot Build contest, you should know that Steve Joiner and his sons Noah and Jamie have set the bar with their excellent coasterbot, HUL-10. (You may remember we posted a super-cute video showing Noah describing the various components of the bot.) Not only does HUL-10 do a great […]
Make: Robot Build: The one hour CoasterBot
Got your parts for the Make: Robot Build contest, and want to build something with them, but not sure exactly what yet?
Makers are starting to work on their coasterbots…
One of the first coasterbots for our Robot Build contest has hit the MAKE Flickr pool. The work of Shawn Augustson, this robot looks very promising… I like how Shawn has altered the CD, which is totally within the rules. I had two different CD’s, one was a TDK that had gold paint on it. […]
