In the Maker Shed: Tiny Wanderer Robot Kit
Are you interested in robotics but need a good starter kit to get you on the road to success? The Tiny Wanderer Complete Kit (available in the Maker Shed) might just be the ticket!
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Call to Join the World Maker Faire Street Team
Help us spread the word in your community about the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth!
Dynamo Rover Rolls Along, Sans Batteries
This human-powered bot was created by Instructables user masynmachien. One of the two servo motors acts as a dynamo, converting muscle power into electricity, which runs along a wire to the other servo and makes the bot move.
New in the Maker Shed: Arduino Robot Shield Kit
Want to learn about Arduino and robotics? Check out the new Robotics Shield Kit for Arduino from the Maker Shed!
Meet Exuro, The Arduino-Brained Kinect-Tracking Flame-Shooting Bot
The robot Exuro is driven with Python, controlled with Arduino, tracking with Kinect, and best of all shoots fire every time someone donates to The Crucible in Oakland, CA.
Sand Flea Robot Leaps Thirty Feet
Boston Dynamics’ Sand Flea is an eleven pound bot equipped with a device that can launch it onto buildings, over compound walls, or through a second story window. It can jump around 25 times before it needs a recharge.
Photos From BarBot 2012—One More Night (Tonight) in San Francisco
Windell and Lenore of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories clued me into BarBot 2012, which started last night and continues tonight. If your dream is to have robots pour you mixed drinks, this is where you need to be tonight. BarBot is a celebration of cocktail culture and man-machine interface. Get a drink from an actual […]