Bits4Tots is a charity that seeks to bring a hands-on learning experience about making and robotics to kids who otherwise might not have the opportunity. A $25 donation buys a robot kit and a child’s participation in a bot-building workshop at Robot City, a robot store (that’s right, a robot store!) in Lakeview, IL. Bots4Tots
Gamara bless the Japanese, that’s all I have to say about this pic. Gigantic Fire-Breathing Robot Babies Have Taken Over Roppongi
I love this funky little vibrobot, made from a mobile phone vibrartor, keypad, a clothespin, and some wire. Vibroroach More: Jar-lid vibrobot Vibrobot from a speaker and pull-cord toy HOW TO – Make a Bristlebot a tiny directional …
Some of my Dorkbot DC cohort put on an event each year that should quicken the hearts of cogheads everyhere: Robot Fest, held at the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum, MD. Lithium-where? Linthicum, Linthicum Heights, just north of the Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Now in its 9th year, the Fest offers hands-on workshops, demonstrations, displays of […]
Bill VanLoo used the Vibrobot project from MAKE, Volume 10 with his students at Honey Creek Community School. The 4/5 technology classes built Vibrobots for one of their project this year. Vibrobots are small electric bug-like creatures that are built from a small metal or plastic enclosure (think mint tin), a motor, and some ingenuity. […]
Image from KuiperCliff The Steven writes in the comments: You say DIY bride, I think of Helen O’Loy by Lester Del Rey Well, maybe you haven’t heard of ol’ Helen O’Loy either. O’Loy sounds a lot like Alloy, doesn’t it? Spoiler Alert: Don’t read the wikipedia entry, it gives too much info. Spoiler-less synopsys: Dave […]
Infrared sensors can give robotics projects useful data about nearby objects, but what if you want to actually see that data yourself? – I recently acquired a few Sharp GP2Y0A21YK0F IR distance sensors. This is an inexpensive proximity sensor which can detect objects from 10-80cm. A nice tutorial on this sensor can be found at […]
