Robotics & Automation Projects: Advancing Efficiency & Precision

Psychic Fortune Teller – An automaton that reads the mind of Twitter

Creepy fairground attraction and Twitter App! The Psychic Hive-Mind Fortune Teller is a fairground arcade-type attraction which can tell your fortune. Even better than that though – it’s also a web-connected Twitter application that can harvest tweets and regurgitate them as fortune readings! The Fortune Teller reads the mind of a twitter discussion. It takes

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DIY Arduino Remote Control and Lego RC Vehicle!!

How To – DIY – Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects / By Ibrar Ayyub

UPDATE (8/29/13): Thank you readers for your enthusiasm and kind remarks regarding this project! It has been a tremendous journey since I started this project back in March, but I am very glad with the resulting product and the excitement with which it has been received by the maker community. Happy building! -Cyrus Do you like

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Strandbot – a solar & arduino powered R/C motorized Strandbeest

Motor Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects / By Ibrar Ayyub

The Strandbot is a DIY upgrade for the Strandbeest originally designed by Theo Jansen. Strandbeests are amazing mechanical creatures that are able to move on their own using just a little bit of wind power. Unfortunately my tiny apartment is short on wind, so I decided to upgrade a miniature Strandbeest using an Arduino and

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Yogy – The Arduino Powered Robot Made For Kids

Robotics – Automation Projects / By Ibrar Ayyub

In this Instructable I will show you how to make a cute and kid friendly Obstacle Avoiding Robot I like to call Yogy. Yogy gets his name from the Yoghurt tub body he is made from. I am a sucker for seeing the best in trash and this Yoghurt tub looked too good to be

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Super Simple Arduino Powered Roomba Scheduler

Robotics – Automation Projects / By Ibrar Ayyub

Like most people I was skeptical about getting a robotic vacuum cleaner, so as a trial run I thought I would buy the now obsolete iRobot Roomba 530 which was heavily discounted (they’re still available in Australia, showing how behind the times we are). Of course, as soon as I got it home I fell

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AAA Robot (Autonomous Analog Arduino)

Robotics – Automation Projects / By Ibrar Ayyub

The AAA Robot is a perfect robot for beginners. It is versatile, easy to build, and discusses many of the topics roboticists need to learn, including but no limited to transistor switches, motor driving nad analog sensors. This Instructable includes step-by-step instructions on how to build your very own robot. This robot has two modes,

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The Point Shooter Cyborg Mouse

Robotics – Automation Projects / By Ibrar Ayyub

Control cyborg technology and revolutionize your PowerPoint presentations – build a wearable mouse! So you converted some video glasses to a heads-up display glass. You built a wearable Raspberry Pi, pcDuino, or BeagleBone Black. Now, how do you control your cybernetic augmentations? You make a wearable mouse, of course! The Point Shooter turns your hand

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Arduino-Pneumatic Flight Simulator

Game – Entertainment Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects / By Ibrar Ayyub

Hello, my name is Dominick Lee. I am a senior in high school who is also a programmer and inventor. I created the “LifeBeam Flight Simulator” (name of my project) because I wanted to challenge myself and utilize my software and hardware skills. I was able to successfully plan, build, and run my Flight Simulator

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CatBot: Automated Cat Laser using an Arduino

Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects / By Ibrar Ayyub

The CatBot is an autonomous laser toy for your cat. You may say “But Joe, isn’t the laser pointer the best toy for the lazy cat owner?” I’d have to say no, the CatBot takes one step further. Using two servos, an Arduino and a cheap $3 laser you can provide your cat with endless

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Arduino-based line follower robot using Pololu QTR-8RC line sensor

Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects / By Ibrar Ayyub

UPDATE FEB 2012: This guide is featured on Adafruit’s blog http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/02/14/arduino-based-line-follower-robot/ This is Faz3a II, my first line-following robot, which I also hope to use for maze-solving. I used the Arduino Uno, Adafruit motor shield, Pololu’s QTR-8RC line sensors and motors. You can build a cheaper and lighter version of this robot using the Atmel

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