Category Archives: robots

Build…well print your own turbo RC car

Posted on May 4, 2015 by robertwilkie

The author took his original “Ice Sled” design and modified it for an RC car. Both designs are pretty clever builds. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:805143

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Convert a motorized water gun into a sentry gun

Posted on April 23, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice build where teh author uses a simple prox sensor and relay control for the gun to shoot. Would have been more impressive if it used opensentry. http://makezine.com/projects/motion-activated-water-gun-turret/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=%24{feed}&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+%24{makezineonline}+%28%24{MAKE}%29&utm_content=%24{GoogleReader}

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3D print RC car tracks for your car

Posted on April 17, 2015 by robertwilkie

Cool build. The author designed the tracks to fit on RC cars instead of tires. looks like they work pretty good. The only down side, it sounds like printing out the track can take a very long time. http://www.instructables.com/id/RC-car-tracks-in-110-scale/

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Battlebots to be on ABC in June

Posted on April 9, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK so I guess I better hitch up my over the air antenna for June. 🙂 http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/08/battlebots-premieres-june-21st-abc/?ncid=rss_truncated

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Gawd…another bot I want

Posted on March 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

This looks like another nice kit, that goes for $200ish on kickstarter with plans to produce for $240/230ish. It can make a wall drawing, desktop drawing, eggbot, or a car based drawing robot. It uses an arduino and if you … Continue reading →

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The Pi Tank

Posted on March 20, 2015 by robertwilkie

Pretty cool looking tank that has a Raspberry Pi for the brain and an XBox Kinect for sensors. http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150307-create-your-own-3d-printed-robot-with-the-pi-tank-open-source-robot.html

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Cool laser cut wheel for a servo uses rubberbands for traction

Posted on March 17, 2015 by robertwilkie

I like this build, thought I would modify it for CNC to cut it out (don’t have laser). Its a pretty simple build that uses a rubber band for traction. http://www.instructables.com/id/Lasercut-wheel-with-traction/

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Build a lawnbot

Posted on March 3, 2015 by robertwilkie

I have been wanting to build something like this for years, just haven’t had the time to justify it. SO I will post someone elses build. Parts that concern me on this build is the removal of the deck wheels. … Continue reading →

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A lightweight Ubuntu, Snappy

Posted on March 2, 2015 by robertwilkie

Ubuntu has a new flavor of its release called Snappy, which is a lightwieght version of its distro. Its goal is for VM’s, cloud based servers, and Internet of Things of course. http://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/

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Another garage door opener build, this time with motion and cameras

Posted on February 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

Another interesting garage door build, this time with alot of extra stuff to make sure the door is secure (motion sensor, camera. The author does a good job spelling out the build which will run you around $130 in parts. … Continue reading →

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