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 video speaks volumes: I don’t know about you, but I think the intimidation factor definitely makes these a lot cooler. More in the gallery at the manufacturer’s site. None appear to be deploying weaponry… yet! [via The Robot Group]
Boston Dynamics is back with another amazing bot – RiSE is a small six-legged robot that climbs vertical terrain such as walls, trees and fences. RiSE’s feet have claws, micro-claws or sticky material, depending on the climbing surface. RiSE changes posture to conform to the curvature of the climbing surface and a fixed tail helps […]
Crabfu has done a nice in-depth review of the Bioloid robot kit for Trossen’s site. Overview/Review of the Bioloid kit & animation system More: BIOLOID – DIY educational robot kits
Here’s a one-motor coat hanger walker I spotted on Flickr. It uses the same single-motor hacked servo and BEAM bicore circuit as the Jerome Demer’s project I featured in my book, Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Building Robots, but the leg configuration is different than Jerome’s and my bots, and the center of gravity is shifted […]
This Instructable details a number of tiny robots (e.g. a cubic inch sumo and a pager-bot that fits on a quarter) built by the author. If nothing else, it’ll give you an idea for just how difficult it is to build autonomous, programmable robots on this scale. Building Small Robots: Making One Cubic Inch Micro-Sumo […]
We’ve written about Lockwasher’s rayguns before – he has some great junk robots, too!
Certainly a unique take on robotic kits, the Twitchie awaits your creative ‘touch’ – Twitchie is an open source multi-purpose robot kit. It has the capacity to frighten and scare, but also the power to love and care! It’s a regular pathos-o-matic! Grown men scream! Maternal instincts long dormant, suddenly activated! It’s a robot unlike […]
