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!
Here’s an interesting project which aims to create a low-cost digital servo for robotics – “OpenServo is an open community-based project started by Mike Thompson with the goal of creating a low-cost digital servo for robotics. The hardware and software design of the OpenServo is free for anyone to use and modify to meet their […]
Intense, here’s how to build a sword-wielding, tennis-playing, WiiMote-controlled, friendly robot – Link.
Here’s how to build a security robot that can be controlled and viewed over the internet. The planned final version will be a kids 48″ electric car with a network camera attached… [via] – Link.
Sven sent in this video demonstrating Behrokh Khoshnevis’ Robo Building machine in action – Link. Related: Behrokh Khoshnevis – Link. Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies (CRAFT) – Link.
Tom from Robot magazine writes – “One of our readers hacked a Robonova-1 and gave it the ability to speak. It uses a small Quadravox QV306M1 chip that can accept up to four minutes of audio files that can be broken into up to 240 separate ound bites–you can source sound files from practically anywhere. […]
Robot dreams writes – “The Maru Family, winners of the ROBO-ONE 10 competition with King Kizer, won a limited edition, human sized, Gundam kit and have documented the whole assembly process from start to finish with some great and very detailed photos.” – [via] Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Mr_tentacle has a new bot! “The overall height is about 15”. Changes from the original design include more height (4 more inches), Hitec H5995-TG high torque servos for drive instead of the original gearmotors, 6″ diameter wheels, and more mass at the base to reduce the torque load on the […]
