September 28, 2006
Robot from Robo-One Competition in Japan
Here is an aspiring entry from the Robo-One competition in Japan the KHR-2 or “Layered X”. The robot walks on 4 feet but can instantly transform into a robot walking on 2 feet. Further more a modified KHR-2 can also be attached too, kind of like a Mini-Me which sits on its shoulders and performs co-ordinated moves. Download latest ve ... More
DIY - Equibot - Mini segway robot
Here’s mini version of Segway robot…using 2 Hitec servo motors Atmega32 mcu… Yey, now I can make some cool robots that run on a segway structure! via link atmega32, atmel, DoItYourself!, hitec, hitec_servo, mcu, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, mini_version, Robots, robots, Robots, segway, segway_robot, servo_motors, Travel ... More
DIY - Paint Roller Robot
Next time I need to paint my house, I need these… well i’d need a house first though…lol Here is a good site on making robots out of very ordinary parts. This simple robot can be changed in a number of ways to do basically whatever you want it to do. This little robot is very simple. It simply uses an IR photo transistor connect ... More
September 26, 2006
Robot3 - Segway Humanoid Robot that can dance, run, and wake up at the right time!
Here’s a video, the robot seems to play good w/ kids… View This Video on Google robo3 website link Just in from Chosun news in Korea, robo3 just developed a robot based on Segway structure. The robot can dance, run, and wake you up in the morning. It has 2 axis control to balance itself and can detect surrounding objects and ob ... More
September 25, 2006
New MANOI Athlete Humanoid Robots
Cool robots~ What do a 47 year old wind-turbine designer, a 16 year old high school student, a 30-something hobbyist and ex-R/C car fanatic, and the world’s most well known character-type robot creator have in common? They all live, eat, breath, and sleep humanoid robots. For them, it’s an uncontrollable passion. Plain and simple, they love robot ... More
Mobile Robot Punch Ball
Yes, this will be the future of punch balls it seems like… via coolest-gadgets a7IRrbBauSc Cool, Cool, punch, Robots, robots, Sports, Sports, Zedomax ... More
September 24, 2006
Funky robot from ACI Robot Build 2006
A funky robot that seems to have umlimited potential for many uses… View This Video on Google Cool, Cool, funky_robot, future, Robots, robots, Video, Video, Zedomax ... More
What kids do these days - Robot War
Here’s a review of what kinds of robots are coming from kids. I build robots that battle against other bots. One of my first bots was TurboGnome. It faired well in its matches, but my last competitor … all » defeated TurboGnome pretty badly. I wondered: How could I build and design a robot that had a more effective weapon? View This ... More
Cool Building Robot Video using Lego
View This Video on Google Cool video on robot building w/ Legos Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, Games, Games, lego, lego_mindstorm, mindstorm, Robots, robots, Zedomax ... More
September 23, 2006
best DIY humanoid biped robot, developed by one person
Interesting robot… View This Video on Google Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, Robots, robots, Zedomax ... More
September 22, 2006
DIY - sycophant, AI Experiment, moving and taking Human head!
Here’s a really cool AI experiment. The moving head will talk to visitors while the head follows them… Thomas says, Sycophant explores the relationship between viewers and a human-like robot. The human head is mounted on a motorized base which moves along a track. As a viewer walks by, the head follows on the track, while plying him ... More
Micro Mosquito Helicopter
Here’s a cool mosquito helicopter that is better than the one from Radio Shack… …using the ingenious BladeRunner double-propeller system which relies on a coaxial rotor to make piloting the ‘chopper as easy as stroking a tame chipmunk. A three-channel digital remote controls up & down motion, forward & reverse, turning ... More
Radio Shack Rescue Helicopter
Here’s a review of Radio Shack Rescue Helicopter which can fly indoors pretty nicely. The only thing is that it is very unstable and cannot land…also you cannot really go forward or backward…just hover and randomly it goes… View This Video on Google Consumer, Consumer, helicopter, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, RC, R ... More
September 21, 2006
DIY - Coat Hanger Robot
Here’s a cool robot made from coat hangers… [via] streettech awesome, Circuits, Circuits, coat, Cool, Cool, do-it-yourself, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, hanger, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, Robots, robots, Robots, Zedomax ... More
Robot - Interesting sentry robot running Linux using Python
Here’s a cool sentry robot that uses an optical mouse as distance sensor and Linux as OS… View This Video on Google Cool, Cool, Educational, Educational, Google, Linux, Linux, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, mouse, optical, Robots, robots, Robots, sentry_robot, Video, Video, Zedomax ... More
September 20, 2006
Lantronix Wireless Design Contest
I remember talking to Lantronix Appication Engineers and sales people this March at ESC and they were telling me only 10 people submitted projects for their last year’s wireless design contest! Basically, everyone who submitted something won at least couple hundred bucks. Yes, that’s right, if you submit it, you might just win some mo ... More
September 17, 2006
DIY - Cardboard robot
This isn’t exactly emerging technology but can be something for your kids to get started in robotics w/o all the hardware and dangerous voltages… [via] a1qualitytoy.com cardboard, Cool, DoItYourself!, easy, kids, robotics, Robots, robots, Robots, toy, Zedomax ... More
September 13, 2006
DIY - Ethernet Enabled Servo Motor Control in 1 hour!
Here’s a cool DIY on ethernet enabled servo motor control using CUBLOC CB220, XPORT, and Pololu Micro Serial Servo Controller by Thomas Edwards. He also uses an Python Internet server to read the servo position information. This was done in about 1 hour…pretty impressive. via techartblog related stories: xport via techartblog cb220, ... More
September 12, 2006
DIY - Make User Interface in 5 Minutes!
Here’s Zedomax User Skeleton Program that you can make in 5 minutes or so. This should help you jump start your embedded application I think… Full Story via Link Full Story via Link [HTML in English] Business, Business, DIY Zedomax, DIY Zedomax, DoItYourself!, embedded-application, Industrial, Industrial, interface, keypad, Microc ... More
September 11, 2006
Samsung 32GB 64GB Compact Flash
Today, I was looking through the new edition of Popular Science, it seems like all the gadgets and latest technology stuff was really already known in blogs…wow…power of blogs… anyways, here’s 32GB and 64GB compact flash cards from Samsung, which should be in your pop sci magazine soon… via fosfor Blogs, Business, B ... More
POWERless LCD displays from Kent Display
Everytime I goto ESC (Embedded Systems Conference), it seems like Kent displays is among the top pioneers of powerless LCD displays. If you have any apps requiring powerless LCDs (that’s right, they are powerless!), I suggest you check these guys out. Yes, these LCD are cool, I’ve seen them in real life, they require no POWER! You ne ... More
GSM / GPS modules & Arduino boards @ Spark Fun
I’ve checked out some GPS modules before but this one from sparkfun seems to be the one to use, it’s small, easy-to-use, well, i am going to find out soon by ordering one… It’s got a serial interface and its own RTOS and you can customize the ARM7TDMI if you want to and you are that advanced… and try to see if i can m ... More
Microchip introduces new Ethenert ready PIC microcontroller series
Microchips PIC18XXXXX series chips pack 10 MIPS of processing power, TCP/IP stack, and lots of peripherals. Check it out at Microchip’s website Business, Business, Industrial, Industrial, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, Robots, robots ... More
