Schlagwort: 3d printing
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Meet MrK_Blockvader, a little mobile robot that’s lots of fun
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the simplest ways to make a mobile robot involves differential steering, where two wheels move at different speeds as needed to turn and a ball caster keeps it from tipping over. The MrK_Blockvader is an excellent take on this type of bot — demonstrated in the first clip below — featuring…
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OctoPrint: a baby monitor for your 3D printer
Reading Time: 7 minutesIn issue 32 of HackSpace magazine, out now, we talk to Gina Häußge, creator of OctoPrint – it sits on a Raspberry pi and monitors your 3D printer. Gina Häußge, creator and maintainer of OctoPrint There’s something enchanting about watching a 3D printer lay down hot plastic. Seeing an object take shape…
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Building an Arduino-based bipedal bot
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBuilding an Arduino-based bipedal bot Arduino Team — June 21st, 2020 If you’d like to build a walking biped robot, this 3D-printed design by Technovation looks like a fantastic place to start. Each leg features three servos that actuate it at the hip, knee, and ankle for a total of six…
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Learn about exoplanet exploration with this Arduino-powered apparatus
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLearn about exoplanet exploration with this Arduino-powered apparatus Arduino Team — May 29th, 2020 How do we know that planets exist outside of our solar system? While too far away to observe directly, with extremely sensitive equipment like the Kepler space telescope it’s possible to detect changes in light as these…
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AirTouch: Pneumatic sensing for 3D prints
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAirTouch: Pneumatic sensing for 3D prints Arduino Team — May 22nd, 2020 3D printing allows us to make a wide variety of shapes, but adding interactive features generally means somehow strapping various electronics to them. The AirTouch project, however, presents an alternative option by enabling a fabricated object to sense up to…
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Have a blast with this Arduino-powered laser shooting game
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHave a blast with this Arduino-powered laser shooting game Arduino Team — May 12th, 2020 As a fun weekend project at home, Arnaud Atchimon and his son came up with a DIY laser blaster game comprised of a 3D-printed shooter and target setup. Both devices are controlled by an Arduino Nano,…
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This mouth mechanism is controlled by your typing
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis mouth mechanism is controlled by your typing Arduino Team — April 21st, 2020 Will Cogley, known for his awesome animatronics, has created a robotic mouth that’s already a work of art and could form the basis of something even more amazing. The device features an array of servo mechanisms to…
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Designing a low-cost, open source ventilator with Arduino
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDesigning a low-cost, open source ventilator with Arduino Arduino Team — March 17th, 2020 Desperate times call for desperate measures, and while making your own medical equipment isn’t normally advisable, Johnny Lee’e project explores how to turn a CPAP machine into a ventilator. The idea is that since these machines are…
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The Watchman is a 3D-printed robot head that follows your face with realistic eyeballs
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Watchman is a 3D-printed robot head that follows your face with realistic eyeballs Arduino Team — March 9th, 2020 When you step out in public, you’ll often be filmed by a number of cameras and perhaps even be analyzed by tracking software of some kind. The Watchman robot head by Graham…
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Control the volume of programs running on your Windows PC like a DJ
Reading Time: < 1 minuteControl the volume of programs running on your Windows PC like a DJ Arduino Team — March 4th, 2020 If you have multiple applications open in Windows, you may want one to be louder than the other, but what if you want to adjust levels with physical sliders like an actual…
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This SpaceX fan created a levitating Starship lamp
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis SpaceX fan created a levitating Starship lamp Arduino Team — February 18th, 2020 Although you might not be able to build or house your own SpaceX Starship, YouTuber “Embrace Racing” has created a levitating lamp model that will be much more attainable for non-multi-billionaires. The lamp’s landing pad features an Arduino Nano…
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3D-printable Raspberry Pi bits and pieces you should totally make
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently, we’ve seen an awful lot of new designs online for 3D-printable Raspberry Pi cases and add-ons. Here are a few that definitely need your attention. Turbine RGB Lamp Described as “a Turbine-fin Lamp with some RGB Neopixels in the middle,” this print from Thingiverse user kryptn would be a rather lovely…
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3D printing infill patterns — what, why, and why not!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow many types of infill pattern have you tried? The latest video from Raspberry Pi Press takes a closer look at 3D printing infill patterns, and why you may want to use a certain pattern over another. 3D PRINTING INFILL PATTERNS – What, why, and why not! || HackSpace magazine There’s…
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Design 3D prints with a Raspberry Pi and BlocksCAD
Reading Time: 6 minutesBlocksCAD is a 3D model editor that you use in a web browser, and it runs on Raspberry Pi. You drag and drop code blocks to design 3D models that can be exported for 3D printing. In this project, you will use BlocksCAD to design a 3D pendant. The pendant uses a…
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How to set up OctoPrint on your Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 8 minutesIf you own a 3D printer, you’ll likely have at least heard of OctoPrint from the ever benevolent 3D printing online community. It has the potential to transform your 3D printing workflow for the better, and it’s very easy to set up. This guide will take you through the setup process step…
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James Bruton’s 3D-printed, Arduino-powered Nerf blaster fires 10 darts at once
Reading Time: 2 minutesJames Bruton’s 3D-printed, Arduino-powered Nerf blaster fires 10 darts at once Arduino Team — December 4th, 2019 Nerf guns can be a lot of fun, but what if you want your launcher to shoot 10 projectiles simultaneously? Is so, then look no further than James Bruton’s custom blaster. His 3D-printed project employs…
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Meet Aster, the 3D-printed humanoid robot
Reading Time: 2 minutesMeet Aster, the 3D-printed humanoid robot Arduino Team — November 29th, 2019 If you’d like to build your own vaguely humanoid robot, but don’t care about it getting around, then look no farther than Aster. The 3D-printed bot is controlled by an Arduino Uno, with a servo shield to actuate its 16…
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This 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings Arduino Team — November 8th, 2019 SCARA robots are often used in industrial settings to move components in the proper location. In order to demonstrate the concept to students, Nicholas Schwankl has come up with a simple unit that employs three servos and 3D-printed…
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This 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings Arduino Team — November 8th, 2019 SCARA robots are often used in industrial settings to move components in the proper location. In order to demonstrate the concept to students, Nicholas Schwankl has come up with a simple unit that employs three servos and 3D-printed…
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Project anyone’s face onto your own with Raspberry Pi Zero
Reading Time: 2 minutesSean Hodgins is back with a new Halloween-themed project, this time using a pico projector and a Raspberry Pi Zero to display images and animations onto a mask. It’s kinda creepy but very, very cool. Face Changing Projection Mask – Be Anyone Have a hard time deciding what to be on Halloween?…
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3D printer modified to print with Perler beads
Reading Time: < 1 minute3D printer modified to print with Perler beads Arduino Team — October 23rd, 2019 Perler beads allow you to make fun designs by melting these tiny colored objects together, but why arrange them by hand when you can have a machine do it for you? That’s the idea behind this hack…
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Estefannie’s Jurassic Park goggles
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen we invited Estefannie Explains It All to present at Coolest Projects International, she decided to make something cool with a Raspberry Pi to bring along. But being Estefannie, she didn’t just make something a little bit cool. She went ahead and made Raspberry Pi Zero-powered Jurassic Park goggles, or, as she…
