Hektor the Spray-Painting Robot
Here’s a video Link (mp4) of Hektor the spray-painting robot! – Link.
Robotics
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!
iRobot Create ServerBot
This builder used his iRobot Create platform to quest for the holy grail of domestic bots: the drink-serving robo-butler. ServerBot – for serving food and drinks – Link
HOW TO – Make a PosterBot with the iRobot Create
Here an Instructable on using the iRobot Create, parts of an old injet printer, and some C/C++ programming to create a marker-wielding posterbot. PosterBot: Make a Marker-Writing Robot out of an Old Inket printer and an iRobot Create – Link Related: The Make:: Drawbot Draws! – Link Make Podcast: Weekend Projects – Making A Drawbot […]
Defconbots autonomous sentry gun
Kevin Hjelden and his friend Joe built this autonomous shooter for this year’s Defconbots competition. They described the build before they started: The electronics for this project are going to be relatively simple as well. To control the three servos (pan + tilt + firing), we are going to use the Pololu 8-channel servo controller. […]
Engineering TV
As the name implies, Engineering TV is a series of webisodic programs dedicated to various technologies, techniques, and research efforts of interest to electronics, robotics and design engineers, or amateurs interested in these subjects. Engineering TV – [via] Link
Dude sends robot replacement to work
I’m really surprised that telepresence/telerobotics hasn’t caught on more than it has. IRobot was R&Ding this tech nearly a decade ago. And the tools to make it happen have only gotten cheaper and more widely distributed. In this story, reverberating around the Interwebs, Ivan Bowman, a computer programmer, works from his living room in Nova […]
Wiimote as “firefighting” robot
A “firefighting” robot which uses the Wiimote as the controller talking to a desktop Linux machine over Bluetooth. Wiimote controlled firefighting robot – Link Related: Wiimote as car accelerometer – Link Wii Loop Machine – Wiimote Beats – Link Wiimote controlled robot arm – Link
