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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!
We Love This Guy: Chinese Farmer Builds Robot Horse From Scrap
Inventors come up with some unusual creations to help better their worlds and Su Daocheng of China’s Hubei Province is certainly one of them. The inventor designed the robotic horse to replace the real thing for plowing fields, which was inspired by military strategist Zhuge Liang’s ‘wooden ox and gliding horse’ transportation device. Su’s […]
Frequency Management: Don’t Wreck Your Neighbor’s Drone
As the FPV drone flying grows and grows, it’s easy to expect more people showing up at your local gatherings. In general, that’s great for the community, but it can result in some serious difficulties keeping the radio waves clear for active pilots. Poorly managed frequencies can turn any FPV meetup into a miserable experience. Anyone […]
Our 3 Favorite Robots from the New York Toy Fair
Until we enter the age of companion droids, robots for the mass market will continue to be categorized as either appliances or toys. Which makes Toy Fair New York a great place to check out the new consumer robots coming out every year. Happily, many of these robots come in the form of kits or […]
BattleBots Is Back, But Fighting Robots Never Went Away
BattleBots returns to television this summer, to the delight of all.
Two New Intel Edison Breakout Boards Aim To Power Your Robot
The tiny, powerful Intel Edison platform has been a bit difficult to interface with. But now two new breakout boards from DFRobot vie to become the robotics community’s must-have Edison connection. Since its debut a few months ago, the most common ways to work with Edison are two breakout boards available from Intel and the Block System from SparkFun, which […]
Fantastically Functional Lego Mechanical Loom
A few years ago mechanical engineer Nicolas Lespour created a fantastically functional Lego mechanical loom, and now he’s back with a smaller, faster, version, as well as building instructions!
