Lifelike robots teach students about marine life
This playful killer whale (orca) is actually a robot. One of a series of over 100 different creatures, it was built by Masamichi Hayashi to teach children about marine biology.
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Self-feeding robots hunt for power outlets
Planning to build a host of robot minions, but don’t have time to plug them in when their battery goes low? Well, then you need to enable them to feed themselves by finding their own power, and Brian Mayton might have just the solution for you.
Gameboy as robot remote control
Today I checked in with Make: Labs to see what our faithful interns are working on, and Kris Magri showed me the setup pictured above. A while back she was given a Tomy i-Sobot and tasked with hacking it. The thing she liked least about the i-Sobot is how complicated and clunky the remote control […]
Nifty caterpillar BEAM bot
I love this bicore with five “slavecores” caterpillar BEAM bot. It is a photovore (light-seeker) with two operating speeds and rechargeable Li-Ion batteries (via USB). The builder has an Etsy shop too where you can buy his bots. Middle Creek Merchants Robot Page Middlecreek Merchants Etsy Shop
CoolerBot is solar-powered and scares animals
MAKE subscriber and prolific robot-builder Steve Norris writes in to share his latest creation, the CoolerBot. Unlike most of the telepresence devices we see, this one is designed to be used outdoors, and sports solar panels to help keep it charged up
Young makers make Makey robots
Months ago, MAKE engineering intern Kris Magri designed and built Makey the Robot, one of our major projects that appeared in MAKE Volume 19. I remember the love and passion with which she crafted the little guy, getting him ready to present to the MAKE community. You never know what impact the things you create […]
Self-righting autonomous swarming robots
SensorFly, a prototype from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University shows just how robust the current crop really is. Knock down one of these sensor-packed hovering whirlygigs and it reorients itself to take flight again in a matter of seconds
