Store and replay this robot’s movements from your phone

Reading Time: 2 minutesStore and replay this robot’s movements from your phone Arduino Team — July 8th, 2019 Robotic arms can be interesting, as are robots that roll around—especially on a semi-exotic Mecanum wheel setup. Dejan Nedelkovski’s latest How To Mechatronics build, however, combines both into one package. This project actually starts out in a previous post, where […]

Random sticks made to walk under Arduino control

Reading Time: 2 minutesRandom sticks made to walk under Arduino control Arduino Team — July 5th, 2019 What if you were to neglect a robot’s mechanical design entirely and instead construct it out of unusual materials like random sticks? Researchers from the University of Tokyo and Preferred Networks have done just that. To accomplish this feat, the engineers […]

This robotic fish is powered by its own artificial circulatory system

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis robotic fish is powered by its own artificial circulatory system Arduino Team — June 20th, 2019 Hydraulically-actuated robots are nothing new, but normally they come with a battery or external supply of some sort. This lifelike robotic lionfish developed by Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania researchers, however, has its own artificial circulatory that […]

This self-balancing mech is piloted by an insect

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis self-balancing mech is piloted by an insect Arduino Team — June 14th, 2019 You’ve seen self-balancing robots, where a pair of wheels suspend a mass above them in what’s known as an inverted pendulum configuration. As neat as they are, the “Augmented Arthropod” by Grzegorz Lochnicki and Nicolas Kubail Kalousdian puts a new spin […]

This self-balancing mech is piloted by an insect

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis self-balancing mech is piloted by an insect Arduino Team — June 14th, 2019 You’ve seen self-balancing robots, where a pair of wheels suspend a mass above them in what’s known as an inverted pendulum configuration. As neat as they are, the “Augmented Arthropod” by Grzegorz Lochnicki and Nicolas Kubail Kalousdian puts a new spin […]

This self-balancing mech is piloted by an insect

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis self-balancing mech is piloted by an insect Arduino Team — June 14th, 2019 You’ve seen self-balancing robots, where a pair of wheels suspend a mass above them in what’s known as an inverted pendulum configuration. As neat as they are, the “Augmented Arthropod” by Grzegorz Lochnicki and Nicolas Kubail Kalousdian puts a new spin […]

Hoverboard motors turned into an RC skater

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHoverboard motors turned into an RC skater Arduino Team — June 10th, 2019 While the hoverboard craze has faded somewhat, the good news is that this means their powerful wheel motors can easily be found on online auction sites. Lukas Kaul took advantage of this component’s availability and created his own “HoverBot,” which as shown […]

Solving the Rubik’s cube with an Arduino-powered machine

Reading Time: 2 minutesSolving the Rubik’s cube with an Arduino-powered machine Arduino Team — June 6th, 2019 Since its invention in 1974, Rubik’s cubes have been entertaining and frustrating those that choose to take on the challenge of aligning their shapes. More recently, however, people have been building algorithms and machinery to do it for them, including Mario […]

VR boxing robot actually punches back

Reading Time: 2 minutesVR boxing robot actually punches back Arduino Team — May 15th, 2019 VR environments are meant to be immersive, but if you’ve ever thought what was missing is being actually pummeled by robotic fists, then James Bruton’s newest project could be just the thing.  Bruton recently teamed up with students from Portsmouth University to build […]

Clean your whiteboard automatically with Wipy

Reading Time: 2 minutesClean your whiteboard automatically with Wipy Arduino Team — May 8th, 2019 If you have to do a lot of drawing on a whiteboard, you also have to clean it. Why not have a robot do this instead? That’s the idea behind Wipy, an Arduino Uno-based robot that uses magnets to stick to the board, […]

Automated plant tending with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesAutomated plant tending with Arduino Arduino Team — May 8th, 2019 Do you like plants, but not so much tending to and watering them? If that sounds like you, then you might be interested in your own CNC growing machine. The system—created by 15-year-old maker “daily3dprinting”—is controlled by an Arduino Uno, and uses a single […]

Bring your own robo-dog to life with Arduino!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBring your own robo-dog to life with Arduino! Arduino Team — March 27th, 2019 Would you like a dog? Would you like a robot dog? If so, then this build by Michael Rigsby could be a great starting point.  Rigbsy’s robotic pet features four servo-driven legs, with two-axis shoulder movement, as well as an articulated […]

James Bruton builds a force-controlled gripper!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJames Bruton builds a force-controlled gripper! Arduino Team — March 27th, 2019 In a variety of robotic situations, you’ll need some sort of gripper. In this project, James Bruton attempts to create a force-controlled, three-fingered assembly using an Arduino Uno along with a trio of servos. Instead of directly controlling the grip fingers, the 3D-printed […]

Q-Bot is an Arduino Mega-driven Rubik’s Cube solver

Reading Time: < 1 minuteQ-Bot is an Arduino Mega-driven Rubik’s Cube solver Arduino Team — March 14th, 2019 Rubik’s Cubes seem to have been most popular in the 1980s, but never really went away. As such, if you have one lying around your house unsolved, why not ‘simply’ construct a machine to do this for you?  One possibility is […]

Omni-wheel robot slides across the paper as a mobile plotter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOmni-wheel robot slides across the paper as a mobile plotter Arduino Team — March 8th, 2019 Retired maker “lingb” created an omni-bot, with four wheels that allow sliding motion in the X/Y plane courtesy of their perpendicular rollers. While that alone would have been a fun build, he also attached a pen, along with a […]

Robotic lawnmower uses multi-Arduino control

Reading Time: 2 minutesRobotic lawnmower uses multi-Arduino control Arduino Team — February 21st, 2019 Do you enjoy mowing your lawn? No? Well now you can ‘simply’ print a robot to do it for you, based on German mechanical engineer Philip Read’s design. His Roomba-esque device uses a pair of gearmotors for movement, an array of three ultrasonic sensors […]

Controlling a toaster oven robot with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesControlling a toaster oven robot with Arduino Arduino Team — February 15th, 2019 As seen in our earlier post, James Bruton has been working on a breakfast-making robot, and has now moved from boiling eggs to making toast… or apparently hot dogs/sausages as shown in the video’s demo.  What he’s come up with uses a […]

Cheeseborg is a voice-controlled robot that makes grilled cheese sandwiches

Reading Time: 2 minutesDo you like grilled cheese? Would you rather not make it yourself? If so, then the Cheeseborg by Taylor Tabb, Mitchell Riek, and Evan Hill could be the perfect device for you!  This assembly line-like robot first stacks bread-cheese-bread using a vacuum gripper, and passes the unheated sandwich onto the grill via a pusher mechanism. […]

Arduino-powered omni robot gets an upgrade

Reading Time: < 1 minuteArduino-powered omni robot gets an upgrade Arduino Team — January 29th, 2019 When we last saw this omni robot by Jeremy S. Cook, it was lurching around under Arduino Nano and Bluetooth command. After much work, he finally has it to a state where it rolls nicely on a flat surface—even carrying a little strandbeest […]

A semi-autonomous circular robot for escape rooms

Reading Time: 2 minutesA semi-autonomous circular robot for escape rooms Arduino Team — January 11th, 2019 If you’ve ever been to an escape room, you’ve undoubtedly had to deal with a wide variety of puzzles that you have to solve in order to get out of the “prison” that you’ve willingly thrown yourself into. Beyond the puzzle that […]

Designing an omni wheel robot platform with Arduino

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDesigning an omni wheel robot platform with Arduino Arduino Team — November 27th, 2018 Omni wheels are devices that look like wheels with extra rollers positioned along their circumference. This allows robots to move forwards and backwards, as well as slide and spin depending on how the wheels are powered. Maker Jeremy S. Cook decided […]

HackSpace magazine 10: build a drone

Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’re a subscriber to HackSpace magazine you’ll already know all about issue 10. For the rest of you who’ve yet to subscribe, issue 10 is out today! Build a drone Ever since Icarus flew too close to the sun, man has dreamed of flight. Thanks to brushless motors, cheaper batteries than ever before, and […]