Category Archives: robots

Automated Laser Cat toy

Posted on December 17, 2012 by robertwilkie

Also could be applied to dogs. http://www.instructables.com/id/CatBot-Automated-Cat-Laser/

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Open stepper motor controller

Posted on December 14, 2012 by robertwilkie

Simple design with surface mount for a 3 volt stepper motor.  I wonder with the design free, if the cost for buying an assembled version will be cheaper than ones I find now at sparkfun.com (10 and up). http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/12/10/yet-another-stepper-driver/  

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Drone for watching your kids get on the bus

Posted on December 7, 2012 by robertwilkie

I seem to be on a bus theme today. Nice write-up of a dad that built a quad coter to follow/monitor his kids as they go to the bus.  He uses an arduino under the hood. http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/the-diy-kidtracking-drone

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Want a drone, print your own

Posted on December 4, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice build for a 3D printed out drone plane.  I really need to get my 3D printer going…. http://www.wired.com/design/2012/11/3d-printed-autonomous-airplane/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top+Stories%29

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The Robot that sailed thru Sandy

Posted on December 3, 2012 by robertwilkie

A little delayed in getting this article out.  Basically there little robot managed to make it thru Huricanne Sandy OK. http://updates.gizmodo.com/post/34905462036/this-sea-worthy-robot-sailor-surfed-straight

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3D scanner with an arduino, a motor, and some legos

Posted on December 3, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice writeup on building a 3D scanner.  Which you will need to scann in and print out 3D objects  🙂 http://www.instructables.com/id/Lets-cook-3D-scanner-based-on-Arduino-and-Proces/

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3D printed Quad Cotor

Posted on December 3, 2012 by robertwilkie

This is neat, you can print out the parts (not including batteries, controller, motors) for your own quadcotor.  Or you can buy the frame for $15 from the author here. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:29632  

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Now you can buy your own Mech

Posted on November 29, 2012 by robertwilkie

When I was a kid I remember a game called battletech, now for over a Mill, you can get your own personal “Mech”. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/29/mech/

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$10 Dollar Robots

Posted on October 29, 2012 by robertwilkie

There was a contest for $10 and under robots for education, below is a link to the 2nd place winner from China (out did MIT). (contest was here https://sites.google.com/site/afron10dollarrobot/) http://wiki.xinchejian.com/wiki/Photo_gallery_and_video_links-AFRON

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Air based bots help swarm bots

Posted on October 26, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice idea of using quad copter bots to help swarm bots (on the ground) get from one point to the other.  Any military applications here? http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/iros-2012-ar-drone-helps-swarm-of-selfassembling-robots-to-overcome-obstacles#disqus_thread

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