Inside the Mecanum Wheel
If you make anything that moves, like a robot, you quickly realize that turning can be a pain. That’s why there are a number of designs for wheels that can …read more Continue reading Inside the Mecanum Wheel
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Robot Arm Gives Kids the Roller Coaster Ride of their Lives
Unfortunately, [Dave Niewinski]’s kids are still too little to go on a real roller coaster. But they’re certainly big enough to be tossed around by this giant robot arm roller …read more Continue reading Robot Arm Gives Kids the Roller Coaster Ride of their Lives
Obscure Sci Fi Robots
Even if you don’t like to build replicas of movie robots, you can often draw inspiration from cinema. Everyone knows Robby the Robot, Gort, and R2D2. But [Atomic Snack Bar] …read more Continue reading Obscure Sci Fi Robots
An RC Tracked Robot, Without The Pain
Small robots can be found at all levels from STEM toys for kids all the way through to complex hacker projects. Somewhere along that line between easy enough for anyone …read more Continue reading An RC Tracked Robot, Without The Pain
A Robot Face with Human Skin
Many scifi robots have taken the form of their creators. In the increasingly blurry space between the biological and the mechanical, researchers have found a way to affix human skin …read more Continue reading A Robot Face with Human Skin
Robot Seeks and Sucks Up Cigarette Butts, With Its Feet
It would be better if humans didn’t toss cigarette butts on the ground in the first place, but change always takes longer than we think it should. In the meantime, …read more Continue reading Robot Seeks and Sucks Up Cigarette Butts, With Its Feet
Flexures Make Robotic Fingers Simpler to Print
Designing an anthropomorphic robotic hand seems to make a lot of sense — right up until the point that you realize just how complex the human hand is. What works …read more Continue reading Flexures Make Robotic Fingers Simpler to Print
Useless Robot Gets Cute, Has Personality
Useless robots (or useless machines) are devices that, when switched on, exist only to turn themselves back off. They are fun and fairly simple builds that are easy to personify, …read more Continue reading Useless Robot Gets Cute, Has Personality
Make a Cheap Robot Mower Much Smarter
The Parkside range of tools as sold in European Lidl stores may be reasonably priced, but it contains some products of far better quality than their modest cost would suggest. …read more Continue reading Make a Cheap Robot Mower Much Smarter
Solving Cold Cases With Hacked Together Gear
People go missing without a trace far more commonly than any of us would like to think about. Of course the authorities will conduct a search, but even assuming they …read more Continue reading Solving Cold Cases With Hacked Together Gear