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!
Todbot writes “The RooStick by RoombaDevTools.com is pretty cool. It’s tiny and it’s USB, which is about all you need for me to bring you home. But if you want to hack together something similar and you don’t want to build a huge honking Roomba serial tether, you could build the Roombongle!” – Link. Related: […]
Marcus writes “I spotted my Tune-O-sapien mod on your site a while back. I thought you might like to check out the NEW FlameOsapien video and tutorial over at my site. I have also posted the video on YouTube” – Link. Related: Robosapien projects, hacks and more – Link.
You can go visit Johnny 5 from Short Circuit out at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which has an exhibit of animatronic puppets and creatures right now. – Via – Link
MadOverlord writes – “Noticed you had a link to the BrightSaber POV in combat robot project. Just wanted to give you a heads up that as of this morning, not only do I have scrolling and RPM displays working, but it’s now embedded in the actual waterjet-cut demonstration blade. The final setup will have two […]
Killer AJAX is way more than the latest social networkr site! Wael writes – “For thus of you who haven’t seen Virtuosity, it’s about a computer program finding a way to enter the real physical world and start killing real physical people. This article describes how AJAX can be used to control a real physical […]
Here are a couple great robo stepper motor projects that brute force combo locks – [via] – Link. More: Unlocking a combination lock using a stepper motor – Link. Plans & Schematics – Link.
Tempusmaster writes – “Iwaki-san with the Robot-Force group in Osaka has come up with a fully functional humanoid robot design that can walk forward, backward, and sideways; punch and fight with its arms; and pick itself up off the floor both from a prone and flat on its back position – and it only requires […]
