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!
Timbuktuchronicles writes – “It starts off with the basics of how IR sensors work, Chris has gone to the trouble of taking some IR photos to show what a typical room looks like in infrared. He spends some time talking about how to determine the beam spread of IR LEDs and what it means to […]
Cornell University is developing these little bots that can change their configuration based on their environment, or when damaged figure out another way to get around… “We demonstrate, both computationally and experimentally, how a legged robot automatically synthesizes a predictive model of its own topology (where and how its body parts are connected) through limited […]
Tod posted some new Roomba projects and updates from his book Hacking Roomba – Awesome new Roomba hack by Isobot – Link. Updates/Errata page created for Tod’s Roomba Hacking book – Link. Roomba prototyping plug for Arduino – Link. Hackingroomba.com [via] – Link. Related: Hacking Roomba book now available – Link. HOW TO – Make […]
The Real Elliot writes – “Build your own (needlessly tech) servomotor-driven 4-leg walker robot! First, a warning: This bot is basically a microcontroller-brain version of the classic BEAM 4-legged walker. The BEAM 4-legger may be easier for you to make if you aren’t already set up for microcontroller programming and just want to build a […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member cyenobite posted up a bunch of photos from the 11/12 MAKE: Philly meeting – Highlights included a workshop on soldering and a presentation & Maker Challenge on BEAM (Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, and Mechanics) robotics – Link. Related: MAKE: Philly Art Buggy – Link. MAKE: Philly – Link. More: Beam bots […]
Westsw shows you how to control the speed of a small DC motor with nothing but the serial port on your computer, a single MOSFET, and DOS commands… – Link. More serial project for serial Makers: Control the Parallel (or Serial) Port with Python – Link. HOW TO – Make a Roomba Serial Interface – […]
MAKE pal Todbot’s Hacking Roomba book is now available for pre-order! It’s all about how to turn your Roomba into your own singing, dancing, art making robot and will be shipping in mid-November, just in time for the holidays! – Link & Amazon. Book notes: A gizmo as cool as Roomba just begs to be […]
