Underwater ROV at the Edinburgh mini Maker Faire
Martin Evans builds underwater ROVโs and he brought three different type of ROV here to the Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire and I took the opportunity to talk to Martin about his builds.
Robotics
Wall-E the Edinburgh mini Maker Faire
Dale Woodโa maker from Zimbabwe that now lives here in Scotlandโhas built a life-sized replica of Disney’s WALL-E robot and it’s on display at the Edinburgh mini Maker Faire.
LeJOS, the Java Operating System for Legos, Releases EV3 Beta
Today, the team behind LeJOS โ the Java operating system for Legos โ released a beta edition of their software for Mindstorms EV3. LeJOS has been around since 2000, when Jose Solozano first built the open-source Java-based software for Mindstorms RCX; it’s one of several software replacement systems for Mindstorms, which try to take advantage […]
Interview: Philippe “Philo” Hurbain
Matthew Beckler interviews legendary Lego hacker Philippe “Philo” Hurbain.
To Mars and Back: Make the Robotic Rockets to Hunt for Life
NASA is proposing a Centennial Challenge to build robotic rocket sample return systems.
Mars-Bot: Adding Science to Robotics
A simulated space mission could leverage the popularity of robotics competitions to teach science.
Building a Plotclock-Inspired Line Following Bot
The robot guys over at MTRAS need a robot themed timer and found a brilliant solution by modifying a Plotclock.
