Last year when we did the Make: Robot Build, where readers were challenged to make a CoasterBot using dead DVD media (aka "coasters") as the main bot building material, we...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday August 30th, 2011 2:30 PM
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Andrew Terranova from Let's Make Robots mods the Spazzi Robot project from MAKE 27 to use less expensive solenoids. He calls it the EconoSpazzi.
Posted by Becky Stern | Wednesday August 17th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: General, Robotics | 4 Comments
What some of you may not know about Make: Projects is that it's a full wiki platform, able to handle long-form articles and tutorials, not just step-by-step projects. In celebration...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Monday August 15th, 2011 3:30 PM
Looking for some fun microcontrolled bot builds to get started on this weekend? Here are five project ideas with full build instructions on Make: Projects, from the simple One-Hour CoasterBot...
Posted by Goli Mohammadi | Thursday August 4th, 2011 6:01 PM
Categories: Robotics | 2 Comments
In response to our Robotics theme on the site, several parents have written me to ask about entry-level robotics projects for little kids, and what's the appropriate age of entry....
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Wednesday August 3rd, 2011 4:31 PM
Categories: Kids & Family, Robotics | 4 Comments
Gordon McComb is helping us out on the site this month in support of the release of MAKE Volume 27, our latest robotics issue, and for our monthly Robotics theme...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday July 19th, 2011 4:30 PM
Categories: General, Robotics | 115 Comments
Last year, we ran a project series and contest to design and build CoasterBots, simple autonomous, programmable robots built from dead CD media (aka "coasters"). It was a roaring success....
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Friday July 15th, 2011 4:00 PM
Categories: Electronics, Robotics | No Comments
Remember Keepon, the simple, yet super-engaging little yellow dancing bot? His designers, the folks at BeatBots, have created his cousin Spazzi, the solenoid-powered dancebot, and Spazzi is one of the...
Posted by Goli Mohammadi | Wednesday July 13th, 2011 3:55 PM
In concert with the forthcoming robot issue of MAKE, Volume 27, we'll be covering robots here on the site this month. As you can imagine, over the years, we've amassed...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday July 5th, 2011 4:30 PM
Categories: Robotics | 6 Comments
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