Making a robot can be an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s the perfect combination of creativity, engineering and problem solving. However, if you’re just getting started in robotics, it can also be overwhelming. To make things easier for those who are just starting out, we’ve put together some tips and tricks to help makers bring robots to life! From the basics of assembling your robot to software implementation, these pointers will give you everything you need to get started on your robotic adventure!
OK, Jay, this clip takes a bit of set-up. Basically, it’s a model of a factory-floor machine for moving pallet around a square assembly line. You put a pushing arm at each corner of the square and trigger them alternately in caddy-corner pairs. S
It looks like Mr. Bones does not actually have a singing part in this delightful orchestration of Danny Elfman’s “This is Halloween” from The Nightmare Before Christmas by YouTuber HalloweenJared. He just bobs his head and taps his foot. The anorexic front man for the Gourditos does, however, show off his famous vocal chops in their cover of Bobby Pickett’s “Monster Mash,” and also here in a smoking duet version of the elder Ross Bagdasarian’s “Witch Doctor.” There’s some how-to info here.
Researchers at the Jozef Stefan Institute built this fun skiing robot. It consists of two computing systems, one that acts as a vision and route planning system, and the other for stabilization and steering.
These industrial robots move at inhuman speed while deftly maneuvering in unison and maintaining a sub millimeter tolerance.
This video, of high-speed actuation of robot fingers and tracking cameras (developed by researchers from the Ishikawa Komuro Lab at the University of Tokyo), gets the big Keanu Reeves “Whoa” Award. [via Boing Boing] Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory
Woody Cornett III built this impressive robot demon prop. Check out the complexity of the control wiring at 2:41. It starts to move around 3:28. More pics on this thread at HauntForum.com.
We’ve covered Brennon Williams here before, the precocious 15 year old who runs several science and tech blogs and lectures other teens on the joys of science and following your dreams. He’s now a winner of the Digital Open, the online tech expo put together by Boing Boing, Institute for the Future, and Sun, to […]
