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!
The Maker Shed has put together the first in a series of parts collections, called Maker Bundles. Maker Bundle #1 combines all of the electronic components to make four of the beginner-to-intermediate robot projects we’ve covered in MAKE magazine. For $20 off the cost of buying the parts separately, you get all of the components […]
Here’s another one of Korean artist U-Ram Choe’s incredible mechanical sculptures that we’ve covered on Make in the past. This particular piece is called “Opertus Lunula Umbra” (Hidden Shadow of Moon) and was shown as part of the 2008 Liverpool Biennial. The animatronic sculpture is made from oars, rudders, and ship motors and is controlled […]
Here’s another clever use of the iPhone to control objects in the real world. We’ve reported on this kind of thing before here at Make but now there’s a kit that will help you build your own version of the iPhone controlled R/C car. iPhone-Controlled R/C Car
While mucking about on the most excellent BEAM Wiki, I bumped into this fascinating proto-BEAM bot from 1912(!). I was certainly familiar with W. Grey Walter’s pioneering work in the 1940s, but not this much earlier light-seeking analog robot. Seleno, The Electric Dog
Wow! Incredible coverage of Robo Japan 2008 – photos and more from Akihabara news via CrunchGear.
Robert Oschler, of Robots Rule, has a video up showing a preview of his Robodance software controlling the new Wow Wee Rovio remote surveillance bot via a Nintendo Wiimote. With this set-up, a Wiimote can control the Rovio from just about anywhere in the world via Bluetooth and a Web connection. Robert plans on having […]
In honor of John Lennon’s birthday, here’s a piece of cool, inexplicable conceptual techno-art that might be right up John and Yoko’s alley. It’s an untitled piece by Christopher Kaczmarek and was shown at last month’s ArtBots show in Dublin. I found it on the Solarbotics site. They gave it a shout out ’cause the […]
