Crowdfunding Watch: Robot Projects March Ahead
Sweet robots are swarming the crowdfunding sites, with everything from humanoids to drones and hexabots up for funding.
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Pursuing Ping Pong Balls at the Raspberry Pi Jamboree
Will Jessop builds robots, and he’s hoping to crowdsource tidying his office of stray ping pong balls after tournaments. What could possibly go wrong?
Big New Hobbies for Little Hands in the Maker Shed
Banish idle hands from your home or classroom with some awesome new robotics kits for Makers-in-training. Whether youngsters are interested in solar energy, programming with Arduino, or beginning electronics, The Maker Shed has kits to entertain and educate. Rainy day blues are no match for a compelling new hobby! Consider Sphero 2.0, a robot that’s a […]
Building a Better Robot
On designing LEO, the walking, talking 3D printer When I began writing the first draft of the LEO the Maker Prince story, I was excited about the opportunity to create fictional robot characters. As the star of the show, the LEO robot would come to life through words and illustrations, but he would also be […]
Michael Salter’s Styrobot Sculptures
Sick of throwing out boxes full of useless, exotically-shaped, styrofoam packing materials? You could always take a leaf from artist Michael Salter’s book and construct a massive meditating robot sculpture from left-over styrofoam, which he calls styrobots.
Styrobots: Robot Sculptures Made From Styrofoam
Sick of throwing out boxes full of useless, exotically-shaped, styrofoam packing materials? You could always take a leaf from artist Michael Salter’s book and construct a massive meditating robot sculpture from left-over styrofoam.
More Death ray Lasers..?
Drake Anthony, perhaps better know as “the DIY Laser Guy” on YouTube, and his most terrifying creation yet.
