Category Archives: robots

Building a lawnmower bot

Posted on May 21, 2014 by robertwilkie

Stumbled on this where the author build a solar powered lawnmower robot.  Actually the controller part is solar.  Rest still is gas.  Basically its an arduino controlled robot with 2 wheelchair motors moving it along and the front wheels replaced … Continue reading →

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Graffiti sand printer

Posted on May 20, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting robot printer combo that prints out words with sand and the medium.   This was an article on it from a while back, but I never got a chance to look into it til now.  Cool looking bot, but … Continue reading →

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Oh this has to be a robot for your kids to make

Posted on May 14, 2014 by robertwilkie

I like this CNC/robot project.  There are 2 versions, 1st one is lego based and would be a good project for a kid to work on.  2nd is more CNC oriented.  I wonder if the author is planning to make … Continue reading →

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Cool looking running Robot

Posted on May 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Cool looking and fast robot.  Basically it has legged wheels.  It looks like it runs great on pavement, I wonder how well it would do on off-road conditions.  But at ~300$ a shot, its out of my range. http://hackaday.com/2014/05/10/robot-runs-on-6-legs-but-never-more-than-2-at-a-time/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29  

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Lego’s with RPi == Bookreader

Posted on May 9, 2014 by robertwilkie

Clever build with the author (with directions) built a book reader/scanner with legos and an Raspberry PI with RPi camera.  This has to be one of the cheapest book scanner options I have seen yet. http://www.instructables.com/id/BrickPi-Bookreader-Digitize-Books-With-Mindstorms-/

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Cool 3D printed eggbot design

Posted on April 17, 2014 by robertwilkie

Its got a bit of a ways to go, but this is much more promising that some of the other spherebot/eggbot designs I have seen that involve printing out the parts on a 3D printer.  Since its all one part, … Continue reading →

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A simple belt tensioner

Posted on April 14, 2014 by robertwilkie

This was worth checking out, the author just took a clothes pin and pulled out the spring part and is using that to tighten a belt.  This is important with CNC/3D systems and robots (so the belt doesn’t skip). http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:298142

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CAN Hacking Intro

Posted on April 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice intro to CAN by hackaday.  CAN is the car based network that has been around…actually I am not sure when it started (its been around for some time with robotics). http://hackaday.com/2013/10/21/can-hacking-introductions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Posted on March 4, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting article on a Delta Robot that just ran a successful kickstarter project.  It is not a 3D printer, but parts could be made from it, and it looks like it could be converted to one. For $100 bucks, it … Continue reading →

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Another Hacked Lawnmower

Posted on February 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

You have to go an check out the video of this lawnmower.  basically this is a full-blown lawnmower (gas powered cutter) with 2 drive motors in front and casters in the back to move it around.  The thing moves pretty … Continue reading →

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