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!
RoboGames Fri-Sun, June 15-17! If you’re in the Bay Area, don’t miss this and get tickets! Holy Heck, The International RoboGames is coming up and this year it’s going to be a doozy! At Maker Faire you saw a tiny segment of what’s going to go on at Fort Mason Center in two weeks: cocktail […]
I’ve enjoyed Gareth’s writing for a while and it was great to finally meet him at Maker Faire. He was giving workshops on how to make Mousey the Junkbot and I got him to explain a little bit about it on tape and got inspired to make my own Mousey. Gareth wrote the article that […]
This is a neat, it’s like a Roomba and a metal detector had a kid… A REMOTE controlled metal detector built by a Wiltshire man could revolutionise the art of treasure hunting. Resembling something from the TV show Robot Wars, the invention, devised by John Corney, of Corsley Heath, can climb over footballs and has […]
Our friends @ ROBOT magazine put together a bit about what you can expect at Maker Faire from the robot contingency – If you are located out west or can travel in mid-May, you won’t want to miss the May 19 – 20, ’07 Maker Faire at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds in San Mateo, […]
Chipwhich sent in this solar powered microbot based on a Picaxe (PIC with bootloader) – This is a small solar powered progammable robot. It’s design was inspired by BEAM robots, but whereas those devices are usually entirely hardware based, I favor systems which rely on software. Allowing programmability, however basic, introduces a whole new level […]
Here’s an incredible time lapse video of a Dinosaur workshop, anyone know more about this? Link.
Here’s a quick and simple way to control servos with an AVR microcontroller, stiant04 writes – This code is developed for the ATmega16 on tha AVR-stk500 trainer and can only control two servos with a ten step resolution (but this can all easily be changed). It is ment to show newbies (like me) how they […]
