Category Archives: robots

Remote Controlled Water gun

Posted on October 25, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice build of a remote controlled watergun all battery powered (see the size of the batteries on the thing?). http://www.doityourselfgadgets.com/2012/08/remote-controlled-water-gun.html

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How a Servo Motor works

Posted on October 19, 2012 by robertwilkie

Good article on how servos work. http://eds.dyndns.org/~ircjunk/tutorials/elex/hobbyservo/servo101.html

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Windpowered ball to take out land mines

Posted on October 19, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting robot that just rolls around looking for landmines by rolling on top of one and setting it off.  It looks like it looses a couple of legs per mine and then keeps going.  Article says its doog for 4-5 … Continue reading →

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Neat tank drops repeaters to extend range

Posted on October 4, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting tank that carries 2 repeaters so when it starts to get out of range, it can drop one (with battery) to extend its range.  Well thought out toy, but I don’t think I would put that much cash (I … Continue reading →

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The Inebriator, automated bar

Posted on October 2, 2012 by robertwilkie

Wish I had one of these around when I was in college.  I like the idea of moving the drink to the bottle to use vs most other systems I have seen have the bottle move to the drink, or … Continue reading →

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Mobile Rocket Launcher

Posted on September 21, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting combo of a rocket and an RC car.  Tempted to build one myself since I have all the parts already. http://www.instructables.com/id/RC-Mobile-Model-Rocket-Launcher/

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How to get free parts for your Robot/3D printer/CNC/etc

Posted on September 5, 2012 by robertwilkie

Older article about getting free parts from vendors that you could use for your xyz project.  Down side is most of the companies in the list have “filters” now, so you have to figure out how to get around those … Continue reading →

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Add in a remote control car to the computer

Posted on September 5, 2012 by robertwilkie

This is cool, the author took an arduino and used it to control an R/C car via its own remote.  Now using an arduino is a bit expensive for the interface between a PC and the car.  But this kickstarter … Continue reading →

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Remote controlled water gun

Posted on September 4, 2012 by robertwilkie

  Neat robot /water gun turret…now if it was automated …. http://www.doityourselfgadgets.com/2012/08/remote-controlled-water-gun.html

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Neat Tri-copter build

Posted on August 28, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice build and directions for a tri-copter. Its beyond my time limits, but perhaps someone would like to try it out. http://rcexplorer.se/projects/tricopterv25/tricopterv25.html

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