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!
Gil Weinberg is having trouble with his drummer he’s trying to get both of Haile’s arms to work at the same time. That would be an unusual problem, except for the fact that Haile is a robot. Haile’s microprocessor-controlled, motorized arms are able to play ordinary acoustic drums, with expressive control over timbre and dynamics. […]
Photograph by Jeff Lieberman Want robots to be musical, creative, and expressive? Better brush up on your engineering. Musician/ roboticists Dan Paluska and Jeff Lieberman constructed a web-connected “robotic mechanical orchestra” that plays a marimba by firing rubber balls out of a cannon, strikes traditional percussion instruments, and also rubs mechanical fingers along wine glasses. […]
Today, Trossen Robotics announces: Trossen Robotics is proud to be the first in the United States to offer the new MechRC Humanoid Robot! This new ready-to-walk robot is a breakthrough in price to performance. High torque metal gear servos, LiPo batteries for longer run times, a fluid 3D visual software programming interface for easy custom […]
Oscar sent in this cool looking Arduino powered robot. Apparently it was built by a group of 16 year olds for a soccer competition. The translated site has a lot more information about the ArduSoccerBot. ArduSoccerBot is a kind of teaching which aims to make a robot soccer (in the style of the RoboCup Junior) […]
Tricked-out hexapod robots, built by Austrian technical school students, in a dance competition. More Hexapod Adorableness
Dan Roe makes some really interesting robots that he calls “assorted experiments in artificial life”. Check out his website for more information, including videos of some of his work. More work from Dan Roe In the Maker Shed: We’ve had several neat projects over the years, and we’re proud that Solarbotics has created a cool […]
“Monsieur Houdin, n’oebliez pas votre oiseau!” is a mechatronic sculpture of a bird with an eagle skull perched on an oversize leather glove. Pretty interesting idea for a bot and pretty creepy as well, too bad it’s past Halloween.
