This robot kit has a terrific lumbering gait. The YETI Walking Robot Kit is from Arexx Engineering. He uses two servos for locomotion and runs on a programmable ATmega8 microcontroller. It seems like most of the distributors are European. Has anyone out there gotten a chance to play with one?
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Original post by John Park
More robot fun from Mario Caicedo Langer. Here’s an interesting take on my Mousey the Junkbot AND Jérôme Demer’s BeetleBot. Mario built Jérôme’s bot and then used a Mac mouse as a shell on top, turning it into a Mousebot, or a different kind of BeetleBot, anyway. It’s a robot mash-up!
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Jérôme Demers, who did the BeetleBot project in Volume 12 of MAKE, has posted an updated version of the project, which is says is simpler to build, on Instructables.
How to Build a Robot - The BeetleBot v2 ( Revisited)
From the Maker Shed:
It’s CYBER MONDAY MAKERS! So in that spirit we were able to do up a quick code/sale for all our robot kits for today. It starts at 12:01 am PST 12/1/2008 and ends today at 11:59 pm PST. Use code CYBERM at checkout at the Maker Shed.
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Original post by Gareth Branwyn
Here is another DIY robot project. It’s a lot slower than the Cockroach bot I posted earlier, but it can potentially do a lot more. I really like the drink cap wheels. They will not provide a lot of traction, but at these speeds it isn’t an issue.
Now that the AVRonics board is in full swing it’s time to start stretching it’s legs. This is not the robot to do that but it’s a start. I threw this together in about an hour (after many months of thinking) and spent about 10 minutes writing the code to control it. No, no, I’m not just that good - it’s just that simple.
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Original post by Marc de Vinck
This is a video I found while surfing around on YouTube. I think a lot of our readers would have most of the parts needed to make it. If not, you can pick them up for a few bucks. It’s a cool little bot.
Spotted on YouTube How-to make a cockroach robot
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We’ve had several neat projects over the years, and we’re proud that Solarbotics has created a cool bundle kit to provide parts for completing them. In this great bundle you’ll find what you need to build the Mousey (Make Issue #02), Trimit (Issue #06), SolarRoller (Issue #06), and Beetlebot (#12). Get this bundle and save over $20 compared to buying these kits separately.
Please note: This kit includes the electronic components only, the build instructions and other parts needed for each project can be found in the corresponding Make issue (which are not included).
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Original post by Marc de Vinck
Evidently the people of New Mexico have seen it all. Even robolegs gone wild!
Carlos is a robotic everyman. He′s not one of those fancy deep sea dwelling, swimming pool competing, publicity hogging, multiple kill, or planet exploring robots, just a regular robot doing his thing like us humans.
Carlos was a college kinetic sculpture project. I was interested in the concept of automating aspects of society that were considered not so “glamorous”. Robotics are often used in environments which are considered dangerous to humans. Deep sea exploration, nuclear cleanup and volcanism are some of the “higher profile” adverse environments which robots are used. My question was, “What about other dangerous or hazardous areas?”. For example, homeless people live in extremely dangerous environments. Shouldn’t there be automated equipment used by this strata of society? So, for this project I chose to implement an automated walking, homeless shopping cart.
Check out some of the other projects at GizmoGarden!
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What do robots mean to you? Have you built a robot to solve a problem? Have you made plans for automating mechanisms? What have you done to create devices that move in response to sensor data? Add your photos and video to the Make Flickr pool, and bring on your comments!
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Original post by Chris Connors
On this episode of Gomi Style, they build a low-cost telepresence robot. There are some “problems” with this video. It’s not an “autonomous” robot if *you* control it and the show is called Gomi Style, and they say the robot is made of junk they have lying around, but then, it’s made with the Vex robotics system, our MAKE Controller, a Mac Mini, an iSight camera, and an LCD monitor. Still, they manage to make a pretty decent telepresence bot for probably under $1000.
Sparky - Autonomous Telepresence Robot
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Original post by Gareth Branwyn
Today, Trossen Robotics announces:
Trossen Robotics is proud to be the first in the United States to offer the new MechRC Humanoid Robot! This new ready-to-walk robot is a breakthrough in price to performance. High torque metal gear servos, LiPo batteries for longer run times, a fluid 3D visual software programming interface for easy custom motions, and a remote control unit are included. Everything you need to have you own walking robot is included in this ready-to-walk kit! With over a hundred pre-installed motions and sounds you can get this robot throwing some dance floor shapes or some killer fighting moves straight from the box.
I’d have to spend some time with this bot to see if it’s really worth the $600 price relative to, say the I-Sobot, which is only $96 (but obviously doesn’t have the sophisticated programming capability of the MechRC, at least not out of the box). Sadly, the I-Sobot has also been discontinued, so get one while you can. The MechRC is definitely cheaper than other fully programmable mini humanoid-type bots, such as the Robonovas and the KHRs, which run in the thousand dollar range.
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Original post by Gareth Branwyn
This hockey playing robot is a prototype for a more expressive one no doubt, but we here at Make also like to publish projects that aren’t quite finished in order to show the process. This bot detects the movement of the ball and then takes a swipe at it. Next up, Gretsky no doubt!
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Original post by Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Tricked-out hexapod robots, built by Austrian technical school students, in a dance competition.
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Original post by Gareth Branwyn
Dan Roe makes some really interesting robots that he calls “assorted experiments in artificial life”. Check out his website for more information, including videos of some of his work.
More work from Dan Roe
In the Maker Shed:
We′ve had several neat projects over the years, and we′re proud that Solarbotics has created a cool bundle kit to provide parts for completing them. In this great bundle you’ll find what you need to build the Mousey (Make Issue #02), Trimit (Issue #06), SolarRoller (Issue #06), and Beetlebot (#12). Get this bundle and save over $20 compared to buying these kits separately.
Please note: This kit includes the electronic components only, the build instructions and other parts needed for each project can be found in the corresponding Make issue (which are not included).
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Original post by Marc de Vinck
This from the Daily Mail:
Jules has 34 internal motors covered with flexible rubber (’Frubber’) skin, which was commissioned from roboticist David Hanson in the US for BRL.
It was originally programmed to act out a series of movements - as can be seen in the video - where ‘Jules’ talks about ‘destroying Wales’.
The technology works using ten stock human emotions - such as happiness, sadness, concern etc - that the team ‘taught’ Jules via programming.
The software then maps what it sees to Jules’s face to combine expressions instantly to mimic those being shown by a human subject.
Jules was created by David Hanson of Hanson Robotics
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Original post by Chris Connors
Check out this matrix-like hexapod robot CNC router cutting a 3D face in high density foam! via LoL.
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Original post by Phillip Torrone
The XRB3 is only the beginning of a much more powerful map-making robot. It looks like they are off to a good start. Check out the link for more pictures and videos of the XRB3.
XRB3 is powered by an AVR ATMEGA324P micro controller on a custom board that I made. Although he is fully autonomous, he is using an XBEE module to communicate with my PC for debugging (and eventually with other robots). Onboard sensory includes: 3 Sharp IR sensors (for wall following and obstacle detection), an SRF-05 sonar sensor and AVRcam.
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Original post by Marc de Vinck
When it comes to dancing, 6 legs are better than 2! Maybe it’s their fancy outfits, or the 18+ servos all working in unison? Who knows? Who cares! This is some fancy hexapodal footwork.
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Original post by Marc de Vinck
The Gomi Style guys have built a new edition of their telepresence robot, incorporating the Make Controller:
Build instructions, including a custom Skype plug-in to control the robot via text messages, here.
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Original post by Luke Iseman
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