Posted December 5, 2010 by Chris

Tele-presence robots are a new idea in DIY circles mostly because they’re better put to use in offices. This project shows you how to turn a netbook into a tele-presence robot. People will see your face and body through a camera and you can act naturally as if you were actually there. Take a look at the build process, its pretty cool.

Posted December 4, 2010 by Chris

The Holio robot was built to take a look down a hole that no man could fit into, basically a search and rescue themed robot. The result was a mobile, camera equipped robot. The project write-up shows you how to build your own and what you’ll need. There’s a lot of pictures to help you out, take a look.

Posted December 2, 2010 by Chris

Here is a very creative and new type of robotic gripper. Using properties of granular materials it can form the shape of virtually any object it needs to grip and apply pressure. The project write-up has a parts list and shows you how to build your own.

Posted December 1, 2010 by Chris

The ‘PER’ is a small scale duplicate of the rovers that were sent to mars. It has similar capabilities but is mostly only for research and development purposes. The project write-up has many demonstration videos and close ups of the robot in action.

Posted November 30, 2010 by Chris

Aptly nicknamed MAR, this robot uses range finding sensors built all around itself to guide it through wherever it is. The project write-up has a longer description, some demonstration videos and technical details about how it was built and what sensors are used.

Posted November 29, 2010 by Chris

Making a robot that can walk is a difficult task, especially if it only has two legs. This walking robots website has tons of different designs of walking robots with explanations of how they work. Most use creative mechanical designs to avoid dealing with gravity.

Posted November 28, 2010 by Chris

Although lacking on the technical details, here’s a nice look at Kawada’s Promet humanoid robot. It is meant to be a ‘blue collar’ robot, doing handy-work. The video shows the robot at work and gives you an idea of its capability.

Posted November 27, 2010 by Chris

This project takes a look at duplicating human movements with a servo motor based humanoid robot. The programmed movements are similar but do leave a little to be desired. Take a look at the video and project write-up.

Posted November 25, 2010 by Chris

Here’s a first shot at making a self balancing robot using IMU data and a powerful motor controller. The project write-up has a list of parts, the theory explained and a few videos of the robot in action.

Posted November 23, 2010 by Chris

If you’re looking to build a small wireles robot but are not quite sure where to start, take a look here. The project write-up for this wireless mobile robot is very in-depth and explains exactly how to build your own.