Robotic ornithopter in-flight
Awesome slow-mo footage of a butterfly ornithopter from the Shimoyama-Matsumoto Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Japan. [via BotJunkie and Smart Machines] Artificial butterfly wing on a butterfly-type ornithopter
Robotics
LEGO NXT inch worm
Dave Parker shares the building and programming instructions for this LEGO NXT inch worm on nxtprograms.com – the movement is really unusual.
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders
Seattle schools were closed today (snow!), so my son decided to make a project from No Starch Press’s new book, LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders. We really like this book – it consists of ten projects designed by the contributors to the NXT Step blog. The book is not for absolute beginners, but it’s not […]
Magbot solar pendulum
Gary Gipson was inspired by the Magbot Pendulum project in Dave Hrynkiw’s wonderful Junkbots, Bugbots & Bots on Wheels. Greg made a few changes. He put the electronics package on a little swinging bot and made the permanent magnet stationary to the base. The bot’s LED eyes light up when he first starts out over […]
Mousey the BeetleBot?
More robot fun from Mario Caicedo Langer. Here’s an interesting take on my Mousey the Junkbot AND Jérôme Demer’s BeetleBot. Mario built Jérôme’s bot and then used a Mac mouse as a shell on top, turning it into a Mousebot, or a different kind of BeetleBot, anyway. It’s a robot mash-up! MacBUG! More: Weekend Projects: […]
Troody the walking dinosaur
Peter Dilworth of MIT’s Leg Lab made this bipedal walking robot based on a Troodon dinosaur. His objective was straightforward: “It was for the robot to stand up from a sitting position, to walk and possibly run, go back to walking and stop and then sit down and be stable, and not fall over in […]
New MechRC robot from Trossen
Today, Trossen Robotics announces: Trossen Robotics is proud to be the first in the United States to offer the new MechRC Humanoid Robot! This new ready-to-walk robot is a breakthrough in price to performance. High torque metal gear servos, LiPo batteries for longer run times, a fluid 3D visual software programming interface for easy custom […]
