Jerome Demers, who did the BeetleBot project in Volume 12 of MAKE, has posted an updated version of the project, which is says is simpler to build, on Instructables. How to Build a Robot – The BeetleBot v2 ( Revisited) From the pages of MAKE: MAKE Volume 12: if you are a subscriber you can […]
Climbing stairs. Not as easy as it looks. I know this from personal experience. I like how the winning approach is to favor one leg. That’s how I did it, before my hip replacement. I did NOT however slide down stairs sideways! RoboGames 2008: Stair Climbing Challenge
Matt Kirkland peels back our illusions about cute robot toys, via Bot Junkie. The machine inside the ghost?
The NXT STEP’s BlueToothKiwi made an NXT Wall-E; he’s shared instructions on NXTLOG. He also points us to the adorable Wall-E Joe Meno made out of LEGO – there are lots of pictures in his Flickr set. Bigger eyes! More: Disney intros new bots @ Maker Faire HOW TO – Build your own Wall-E robot
This site has detailed instructions on how to turn a Mini XM-177 Airsoft rifle into a computer-controlled, servo-actuated gun. Robot Airsoft [via]
Type “about:robots” in Firefox 3.0 to see this little Klaatu barada nikto from our benevolent metallic brethren. [Thanks, Jay!]
Sara sends word of live lawnbot video – Betsie the Lawnbott works tirelessy and streams(and twitters) video to the web all the while. Head on over to hang out in the Lawnbott chatroom and watch the grass … err not grow. – Lawnbott Live Is this what we’ll do all the time in the autonomous […]
