Collaborate Disseminate
SmallKat is a cute little robot with a lot of capability designed around teaching and experimenting with dynamic robot control. It’s a shame we haven’t covered SmallKat yet, as it’s both a finalist in the 2019 Hackaday Prize and was one of the Bootstrap Winners this year.
Many hobby robots …read more
[BlueFlower] sends in this cool wine bottle engraver. It’s a simple machine that reminds us of the infamous EggBot. One axis can move in x and z while the other axis rotates the work piece. The EggBot works in spherical coordinates while this one lives in a cylindrical world.
The …read more
Continue reading Forget Printing Labels for Your Bathtub Hooch, Why Not Engrave The Bottle?
We all know how important bees are to our ecosystems and [Kris Winer]’s bee monitor provides a great way to monitor these amazing but delicate creature’s habitats, hopefully alerting us before a disaster strikes a vital hive.
The board is based around LoRa sensor tile called Cicada but redesigned to …read more
Continue reading Bee Minder Proves Not Even Bees are Safe From Surveillance States
[Jan] is solving a problem many of us have had, deeply discharging our project’s batteries and potentially damaging the cells.
His board can handle batteries from 6 to 34 volts and supports both LiPo or Lion batteries. The board can be flexible about its cut-off voltage. It also has a …read more
Continue reading Protect Your Batteries Before You Wreck Your Batteries
Sometimes you just gotta sit down and hack something together. Forget the CAD and the cool software toys; just hammer away until you have something working. That’s how [bobricus] ended up with this cute little laser engraver anyway.
For under $300 US of parts and a few nights working in …read more
[Dan Royer] is taking some inspiration from Prusa’s business and is trying to build the same sort of enterprise around open source 3D printable robot arms. His 6 axis robot arm is certainly a strong first step on that road.
As many people have learned, DIY robot arms are pretty …read more
Continue reading Sixi 2, An Open Source 3D Printable 6 Axis Robot Arm