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!
Robotdreams writes – “Matt Bauer took a standard Robonova-1 biped robot, taught it some neat karate and kung-fu moves, then hacked it to add grippers that could actually pickup objects like pencils from the floor. A few days later, and he has the robot literally climbing ropes, swinging from the trees, and rappelling down cliffs.” […]
Clever idea, I think you could make your our RFID reminder bot with RFID Toys too – “DNP and NICT developed a RFID-based memory assistant that alerts a person if she is leaving her house without carrying the things she will need.” – [via / via] Link (Japanese).
EGoodman shows you how to make a mouse costume for your robot vacuum, the Roomba – Link. Related: myRoomBud – iRobot Roomba costumes – Link. Make a Roomba Serial Interface – Link. HOW TO – Roomba Bluetooth Interface – Link.
Greg writes – “Well, I sadly could not find my original code for my line following robot that I talked about a few months ago when I wrote the article on it. I was at my parent’s house last weekend, and was lucky enough to find it. I wanted to make it available for anyone […]
Meet the Robosew! – “After seeing some computerized home embroidering/sewing machines in operation, we were intrigued. But they were priced in the range of a good multimedia PC system. We next happened upon a store where a large, costly embroidery system was in operation making large jacket designs. This was in the price range of […]
Dave writes – “[Here are] projects done by a high school physics club over 30 years. Pedal-power dry submarine, R/C lawn mowers, 3-axis flight sim cockpit, R/C live-video-eye rockets, 3-tier beer brewery, motorized bikes, rocketry ignition systems, home-made X-ray system, homemade fireworks, simple-to-Make Stirling engines and simple bronze casting.” – Link. Pictured here, radio controlled […]
No video yet, but this looks really interesting – “Inspired by the strange motion of the basilisk lizard, Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineers have built a tiny robot that can sprint across land and water with equal aplomb.” [via] – Link. Related: Water Runner Robot – Link. How “Jesus Lizards” walk on water – Link.
