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!
This hockey playing robot is a prototype for a more expressive one no doubt, but we here at Make also like to publish projects that aren’t quite finished in order to show the process. This bot detects the movement of the ball and then takes a swipe at it. Next up, Gretsky no doubt! via […]
This from the Daily Mail: Jules has 34 internal motors covered with flexible rubber (‘Frubber’) skin, which was commissioned from roboticist David Hanson in the US for BRL. It was originally programmed to act out a series of movements – as can be seen in the video – where ‘Jules’ talks about ‘destroying Wales’. The […]
Check out this matrix-like hexapod robot CNC router cutting a 3D face in high density foam! via LoL.
My robotic alter ego steps out — open source.
WF-4RIV the flute playing robot… via LoL. In 2007, we developed the anthropomorphic flutist robot WF-4RIV(Waseda Flutist No.4 Refined IV) with 41-DOFs which has enhanced its flute performance by producing more natural notes and smoother transitions between notes. In this year, the lips and tonguing mechanisms have been re-designed to reproduce more accuraterly the human […]
The XRB3 is only the beginning of a much more powerful map-making robot. It looks like they are off to a good start. Check out the link for more pictures and videos of the XRB3. XRB3 is powered by an AVR ATMEGA324P micro controller on a custom board that I made. Although he is fully […]
When it comes to dancing, 6 legs are better than 2! Maybe it’s their fancy outfits, or the 18+ servos all working in unison? Who knows? Who cares! This is some fancy hexapodal footwork. More about the Robotic dance-off
