It’s usually the simple ideas that sprout bigger ones, and this was the case when we saw [gzumwalt]’s single-motor walking robot crawling up a fridge door with magnets on its feet. (Video, embedded below.) The walking mechanism consists of an inner foot and two outer feet, connected by three sets of rotating linkages, driven by a single […]
A WALKING ROVER DESTINED EXPLORE YOUR FRIDGE DOOR Continue Reading
In the age of cheap sensors and microcontrollers, it’s easy to forget that there might be very simple mechanical solutions to a problem. [gzumwalt]’s 3D printed mechanical edge avoiding robot is a beautifully elegant example of this. The only electric components on this robot is a small geared DC motor and a LiPo battery. The motor drives
A MECHANICAL EDGE-AVOIDING ROBOT Continue Reading
This instructable was created in fulfillment of the project requirement of the Makecourse at the University of South Florida (www.makecourse.com) Tchaibotsky is an Arduino powered piano playing robot. The motivation was to build something that could accompany pianists, whether they’re missing an arm and can’t play the melody to a song, or they want to
Tchaibotsky (a Piano Playing Robot) Continue Reading
While cleaning, getting to those nasty little unreachable spaces under the beds, tables, and sofas can be a big pain. Though small but smart vacuum cleaners are now out there, who wants to spend more than 500 bucks on them when you can make one all by yourself at home under 150 bucks! Yes, you
DIY Floor Cleaning Robot Using Arduino Continue Reading
Mug-O-Matic is a one of a kind DIY toy, a real 3-axis Tiny CNC drawing robot that can customize coffee mugs! This capable little robot can draw anything you want via manual control, bluetooth, calculated algorithms, or even g-code. So you can enjoy your custom mug creation, then wipe it clean and draw something totally different
Mug-O-Matic: a Modular Tiny CNC Drawing Robot! Continue Reading
I was inspired by the cute Frankenbot papercraft, so I thought why not make it truly alive by giving it some blinking lights and sounds effect. Here is the plan: – Connect 2 LEDs for the eyes (different colours of course) and only one eye can be on at a time – Connect 3 LEDs
Frankenbot With Sound Effects and Lights Continue Reading
For some, the idea of several hours of painting and designing intricate models with minute details and features sounds like a delightful afternoon spent. Some of us would much rather just have it come already painted with motors so that it can move. [Cory Collins] sought to combine these two hobbies by building a highly detailed
BUILDING A HALF TOY HALF MODEL TANK ROBOT Continue Reading
Hi,In this instructable I’m going to teach you how I made my own “Jibo” but called “Twinky” I want to clear this up… THIS IS NOT A COPY! I WAS BUILDING TWINKY AND THEN I REALIZED THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS ALREADY EXIST :c It has almost the same functions but It doesnt need an internet
Meet Twinky the Cutest Arduino Robot Continue Reading
Tracked robots usually require at least two wheels inside to work properly. However, [James Bruton] discovered a curious tractor design from the 1940s, the Fordson Rotaped, which only uses a single sprocket wheel inside each track. Being [James], he built a self-balancing robot around the rotaped concept. Instead of a lot of short track sections, the
ROVER USES DIFFERENT KIND OF TRACKS Continue Reading
Line follower robot is a useful robot that is used in ware houses, industries, and stores etc, where it follows a dedicated path. The presented robot captures line position with IR Sensors. If the robot get off the line it will U turn and back to the line again. Also, it would stop while the designed spot is
Line Follower Robot – Arduino Mega/uno – Very Fast Using Port Manipulation Continue Reading
