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!
So you want to get mobile with your Arduino or other micro controller and don’t know where to start? The Maker Shed has you covered with the 4WD Arduino Compatible Mobile Platform. This kit features 4 geared motors, wheels, and a high-strength aluminum alloy body.
Frits Lyneborg is back in his workshop in Denmark, with his guest this week: Andrew “ignoblegnome” from New Jersey.
The show is revealing great news for fans of The Yellow Drum Machine, and a look at a Matrix-inspired version of “The leave me alone box”.
Homepage of “The leave me alone box:
http://www.leavemealonebox.com/
Kairoshi’s blog:
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/d061333/27803627.html
The original Yellow Drum Machine home page:
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/112
Right before this past weekend’s Maker Faire, I got an email message from Ben, a 13 year old from South East Pennsylvania. He told me an amazing story about him going to last year’s Maker Faire New York, learning how to solder, and then planning and building a telepresence robot for a science fair project afterwards. I told him I wanted to publish his story and asked to have a parent email me permission. The letter I got from his mom was amazingly moving. Not only had Ben learned soldering at the Faire and parleyed that into an amazing robot science project, he’d had a very serious illness leading up to the NY Faire and had set his sights on the Faire as a get-well goal for himself.
Frits Lyneborg is back in his workshop in Denmark, with his guest this week: Andrew “ignoblegnome” from New Jersey. The show is revealing great news for fans of The Yellow Drum Machine (tutorial in June’s upcoming MAKE Volume 27), and a look at a Matrix-inspired version of “The leave me alone box”. Links related to […]
Using special designed and machined grippers, this prototype ‘bot from researchers Matthew Journee, XiaoQi Chen, James Robertson, Mark Jermy, and Mathieu Sellier can climb wooden, metal, and cloth surfaces with ease. Rough textures and small gaps in the substrate apparently present no problem, and the video includes impressive footage of the machine dragging an additional half-kilo weight up a wooden door and rolling around upside-down on a ceiling made of glass.
One of many really impressive models from MIT staffer Brian Chan. [via CRAFT]
Build your own scuttling vibrating robot with our BrushBot kit from the Maker Shed. Brushbots are easy to make, fun to build, and easy to personalize. You will find all the parts needed to build 4 BrushBots in each kit.
