Servo mount for Ping)))
A simple 3D printed servo mount to house the Parallax Ping))) sensor. Servo Mount for Sonar Sensor
Robotics
Solarbotics Ardweeny
Our finely-wired friends at Solarbotics have released their latest Arduino kit, the Ardweeny, “the smallest Arduino you can build yourself with through-hole components.” I love the backpack PCB concept which puts the support electronics for the ATmega328 chip on a board that stacks on top of the chip and is soldered to the chip’s pins. […]
Theo Jansen papercraft walker
It’s amazing how much the work of Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen continues to inspired people. Here’s one of his “Strandbeest” walking mechanisms done in paper. More: Theo Jansen-inspired Arduino walker Interview with Theo Jansen… Reader mail: Theo Jansen signs MAKE! Desktop “Strandbeest” walker
MakerBot Sumobot
Will Langford, the Tufts student who created printable shop glasses on his MakerBot and rendered Thom Yorke’s head in 3D, has now printed a Sumbot chassis for an Arduino-driven sumo. Nice work, Will! It’s so cute! Will’s page on Thingiverse More: Print your own glasses Radiohead´s Thom Yorke printed in 3D
Keepon Bento box
We know that people fall in love with their robots, and that’s a fine thing, and we know the Keepon is particularly designed to create emotional bonds. But Keepon meatballs? Keepon broccoli? Hey, whatever floats your boat. I DO love the art of Bento, ever since I edited the Bento Box piece for our Best […]
Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Robots
Another year, another profusion of robot kits, toys, and showy humanoids demo’d by entertainment conglomerates and big car companies. The more things change, the more they stay the same. It wasn’t a huge leap year for the evolution of robokind, but there are definitely plenty of new tools and toys to play with, and plenty […]
BEAM turns 20
Speaking of BEAM robotics, this “school” of robotic architecture celebrated its 20th anniversary on Nov 10th. Twenty years ago, on that date, BEAM creator Mark Tilden built his first BEAMbot, the Solarover 1.0, out of two dead calculators, two dead Phillips cassette mechanisms, and parts from Laser printer cartridges. Solarbotics has a little celebratory post, […]