Tag List for Robotics / 6 Post(s)
A few days ago, my kids were playing with my neighbor's son – he has a trampoline and is therefore the most popular little boy on the block – and I spotted my neighbor out, so I went over to say hi. My 3-year old daughter was talking to him and he was laughing his head off. I was curious ... I've been working on plans for a robot. While discussing this with my chief assistant, he had an excellent suggestion: “Dad, I have an idea, why don't we first make a robot that can make other robots?”. Chad is 11 and has some experience with Mindstorms and, as you have just noticed, is somewhat on the lazy side. Which is ...  The Robot Brain I'm planning to build a robot this year, and a robot needs a brain. I decided to use a Linksys wireless access point running OpenWRT with some hardware mods as the onboard computer that would coordinate communications with a much more powerful stationary system and would interface with various onboard microcontrollers. After some ... Title: Building Robot Drive Trains Any 10-year old Lego Mindstorms engineer can tell you it is not always easy to get your bot to go where you want it. In Building Robot Drive Trains, authors Dennis Clark and Michael Owings provide an introduction to building motor controllers and simple ...  Title: Build Your Own All-Terrain Robot I'm planning to build a robot this year - not a cute, cuddly little thing scared to death of the big outdoors, but a serious workaholic. Most books I've picked up about hobby robotics are about little tiny bots that ...  Kids love robots. Several months ago, for family movie night, we watched Short Circuit. I have four kids and they enjoyed it. Especially my youngest – at the time just about to turn three. She couldn't stop talking about the robot and what it did, everywhere she went and to everyone she talked to. I ... |
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