Category Archives: robots

Good write-up on Stepper Motors

Posted on May 3, 2016 by robertwilkie

This has to be one of the better write-ups I have seen on stepper motors. https://learn.adafruit.com/all-about-stepper-motors

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Make a Lego Eggbot

Posted on April 18, 2016 by robertwilkie

HAHAHAH…well if you can build it out of legos… http://www.instructables.com/id/LEGO-EGGBOT/

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Nice dog automated feeder

Posted on April 15, 2016 by robertwilkie

What I liked about this one is the use of an auger to move the food out. Most of the ones I have seen involve some trap door combo thing that looks messy. Oh it uses an arduino as the … Continue reading →

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Cool 3D print to convert servo to linear motion

Posted on April 1, 2016 by robertwilkie

Nice build to convert a servo. https://hackaday.io/project/10578-3d-printed-linear-servo-extender

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A simple little robot plotter

Posted on March 18, 2016 by robertwilkie

I typically skip these little guys, but the build was pretty clean so I posted it up. Downside is that steppers can suck down alot of power and drain this robot pretty quick. http://www.instructables.com/id/CNC-Robot-Plotter/

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Good short video tutorial on steppers

Posted on March 4, 2016 by robertwilkie

Well worth watching, only 15 minutes long Get Really Basic With Steppers and Eight Buttons

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Swarm of robot boats

Posted on February 19, 2016 by robertwilkie

All the bots are using RPi’s and talk to eachother to get a job done. Interesting build. Swarm of Robot Boats Coming To An Ocean Near You Soon

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A simple $1 motor controller

Posted on February 1, 2016 by robertwilkie

OK a $1 if you bought stuff in bulk. But either way its a simple build for controlling DC motors. http://www.instructables.com/id/1-Motor-Driver-Circuit-for-Arduino/

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Well this is neat, a design for linear movement with a servo

Posted on January 29, 2016 by robertwilkie

You can print this out and add your own servo. The lift is pretty impressive on the design 3D Printed RC Servo to Linear Actuator Conversion files https://github.com/tscha70/3DPrinterSTLFiles

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Nice robot (CNC) for sidwalk painting

Posted on January 5, 2016 by robertwilkie

Nice build, and the author has a good write-up on how to make your own. Interesting that he didn’t use steppers thought. http://www.open-electronics.org/paint-machine-print-bitmaps-on-pavements-and-sidewalks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenElectronics+%28Open+Electronics%29