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!
A MAKE reader writes in – “[Here’s] an ongoing series of articles in the German computer magazine ct describes how to build and program a robot. The first website gives you information to get and produce all necessary parts. All magazine articles are for sale as pdf. Furthermore segor electronics sells a complete ct-bot kit.“ […]
SparkFun just hit us with an AWESOME Roomba hack & how to! – “The RooTilt is just an amalgamation of toys here at Spark Fun Electronics. We took a Bluetooth wireless accelerometer, tweaked the firmware a bit, and combined it with the RoboDynamics RooTooth wireless link for the Roomba. Now you can literally drive your […]
Here’s some (more) video from the Robo-One 9 event held last week in Tokyo – [via] – Link. I love how the little red bot jogs around and pwns the other bots. Previous & related: OMNIZERO.2 – Technical robot marvel (Video) – Link. Robo-One 9: RAYERD-X – The Magical Robot (Video) – Link. Roomba fighting […]
Sony killed off the Aibo, but if you’re really hard up for some (headless) robot pet action, the TomCat looks pretty interesting – “TomCat is a research quality, quadruped robot that is moves at a speed of two body lengths per second.” [via] – Link. Related: QRIO and AIBO, the memories (huge photo gallery) – […]
Tempusmaster writes – “Thank you very much for bloging our post and video coverage of the Layerd-X robot…Many visitors to our site asked who the top robot turned out to be, so we put together a post with video covering OMNIZERO.2 – Maeda-san’s robot that is truely amazing. It won the technical ‘demonstration’ phase by […]
bMc has a short and sweet circuit bending guide for a 2005 Furby – “This little 2005 Furby Doll emulates Speech and Audio from any source. HE or she, spits out the glitched circuit bent audio with animated mechanical antics.” – Link. Related: Circuit Bending. Modify a Casio keyboard (or other electronic audio stuff) and […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Csc934 writes – “For this project, we are using the text Build Your Own Underwater Robot. The clicker idea is pretty solid, and the pvc is easy to work with. The pvc seemed like enough when I got it, but it went incredibly fast. In less than a week, most […]
