Category Archives: robots

Build a base for your FIRST comp. robot

Posted on January 31, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting instructions for building the base and drivetrain for a robot for FIRST Robot ompetitions. http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-FRC-Kitbot-on-Steroids/

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Simple line following bot

Posted on January 31, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice little instructions for building a line following robot with an ardiuno. http://www.instructables.com/id/LINUSBot-Line-Follower-Robot/

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Build a robot to draw with

Posted on January 31, 2013 by robertwilkie

Actually the robot does all the drawing.  Its a nice write-up/design but, unless you have a CNC to cut out the frame, It maybe a little hard to do by hand. http://www.instructables.com/id/Drawbot-10/  

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Raspberry PI ROS, Picking on the Author

Posted on January 23, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting little write-up on using ROS (robotic OS) on a Raspberry Pi.  The author leaves out some details but its a good try. http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-and-ROS-Robotic-Operating-System/?ALLSTEPS

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Build a 3 LB battle Bot

Posted on January 22, 2013 by robertwilkie

I always had an interest in building a battle bot, just the cost (and destruction of it) kindof turned me off.  Oh and the time involved.  Anyways, nice write up if you want to build your own.  I can tell … Continue reading →

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How Fluid Coupling works

Posted on January 21, 2013 by robertwilkie

Video done in the 50’s about how fluid coupling (think transmissions) work.  Its pretty good and still applies today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leCEmJA0WsI

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Cool Looking Unicycle with an Arduino Controller

Posted on January 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

OK this is a cool looking self balancing unicycle that uses an arduino under the hood to manage balancing.  Would I build one?  Heck no… http://hackaday.com/2012/12/14/self-balancing-unicycle-using-arduino-and-sparkfun-imu/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29  

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Xerox/IEEE donate 35K for Lego /Robotics

Posted on January 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice gessture, not sure where IEEE got the cash since they are always crying poor to their members. http://www.kyforward.com/our-schools/2013/01/14/xerox-ieee-lexington-donate-35000-for-robotics-kits-for-fcps-elementary-students/

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Researchers developing flying grasping robots

Posted on January 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

All this brings to mind is Alfred Hitchcocks movie with the birds…except robots involved this time. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/researchers-hobbyists-developing-flying-grasping-robots?utm_source=feedburner-robotics&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrumRobotics+%28IEEE+Spectrum%3A+Robotics+Erico+Feed%29#disqus_thread

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Use a TP-Link as a camera broadcaster

Posted on December 30, 2012 by robertwilkie

OK something else to add to my list.  Why would this be useful, think cheap wireless camera.  I have some good  cameras that would be nice to “network” them.  And TP-link are cheap.  http://forums.openpilot.org/blog/52/entry-91-tp-link-wr703n-as-telemetry-link-and-camera-broadcasting-part3-video/ http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/12/13/tp-link-wr703n-as-telemetry-link-and-camera-broadcasting-tutorial/  

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