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!
John writes – “Images of the opening of Ken Rinaldo & Matt Howard’s Autotelematic Spider Bots show at Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden on Tuesday 7th March, 2006. The structure of the bots is amazing and equally impressive is the $50,000 of donated rapid-manufactured parts that it took to make them. The Autotelematic Spider Bots […]
I’ll post a lot more on this later, but for now check out some photos and video of the first ever Roomba brawl! – Link.
PC Magazine has some details on a new product I plan to take apart – “WowWee’s next major robot innovation doesn’t walk, roll, make disgusting noises or dance, but SCOTY (for Smart Companion Operating Technology) will greet you, read your e-mail aloud, watch your home, and even play your music. All while moving little more […]
The University of Warwick is working on a lot of cool bots to help farmers – A robotic mushroom picker, inflatable conveyor belt & a mega-robot grass cutter, my favorite is the mushroom picker with robo suction cup – [via] Link. Videos of the robots will be available here – Link.
At Etech I’m going to have a couple Roombas, one will run programs and zip around on its own, the other will be controlled by a PC via Bluetooth. Here’s a video of a quick test before I packed one of them away – Link (MP4). Right after Etech – the bots and their meat […]
Henry has a cool little robot you can make, schematics and source included – “Cricket is an autonomous robot that walks around by moving all six legs using three motors. He avoids objects when touched by the feelers, chirps randomly, and blinks his lights. After touching an obstacle he makes various sounds depending on which […]
More Roomba hacking and projects, Boston Globe – “Some people are tinkering with their Roomba robotic vacuums, but not much of it has to do with cleaning floors…for some, the disc-shaped machine that zips across floors sucking up dirt and dust is more than an electronic housekeeper: It’s a science project on wheels, a surrogate […]
