Many Roomba vacuum cleaners have an issue of a side brush failure, the majority of the malfunctions are cracked or broken plastic reduction gears and a few are actual motor failures and these issues are well documented by various internet sources, replacement gears and motor assemblies are available on the internet. However, I have recently […]
Science fiction explores the concept of artificial life in depth but is it really possible for a machine to become more than the sum of its parts. There are variations of how people interpret the meaning between; being alive, self-aware, consciousness, cognitive, sentience and artificial intelligence but what it all boils down to is, can […]
I had to share this video of K9 robot dog replica on The 8-Bit Guy channel for you robot and Doctor Who fans. It was built by Fitz Walker. You can see the rest of Fitz Walker’s videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNx5Jk2demMQSMmn692ce_A/videos You can see the rest of The 8-Bit Guy’s videos here: https://www.youtube.com/user/adric22/videos Views: 8,555
These automotive battery boosters are thrown away after they lose their capacity to start a car (car starter circuits have very high current demands), so you can usually get them for free from friends or family after they have outlived their usefulness. Sometimes there is enough capacity left in the battery on these throwaways for […]
The advancement in technology has changed a lot of things in a variety of fields. They have made things better and efficient and can help in improving the results. The technology has also had an impact on the medical field. One of the thing that has changed the medical field is the advancement in robotics. […]
www.roboshack.com – Roboshack is a community driven website for robotics enthusiasts, hobbyists and engineers to share with the world. www.the-nref.org – National Robotics Education Foundation, The latest robotics news, product reviews & curricula. www.robots.net – Robots.net, Robotic news and events. www.robots-and-androids.com – Robots and Androids, articles about robots, robotics, humanoid robotics and androids. http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum – […]
Are we entering the time for robots to be common place in our homes? There are several personal robots being released over the next few years, some are table top interactive devices, while others are autonomous mobile assistants. You might think, there have been many robots on the market that consumers could buy since the […]
Programming With RobotBASIC By John Blankenship Programming can be the basis for many fantastic low-cost projects for hobbyists. Such projects can be just as challenging and exciting as hardware-based projects since you must precisely define the problem and analyze it in detail in order to identify potential solutions. Furthermore, if simulation is used appropriately, everything […]
This robotic arm kit started out life as an ebay special but I modified it with a little longer reach and more powerful servos. The arm kit has 6 DOF and was about $40 (the servos are not included). The kit is not the best quality, some of the parts were warped and had signs […]
I saved some parts from a teardown of a couple of cheap old Lexmark printers. I got many different parts out of them that I can use for various applications, the printer head transports came in handy for this project. Although these have regular DC motors instead of stepper motors, it was still fun to […]
