Follow the grand tutorials series and learn how to make a robot.
When studying and researching, I believe that everyone like me, wants to find a wheeled robot that is reasonably priced, fully functional and can run on the desktop. After browsing through numerous bots, I finally found it. So how does it meet my picky needs? Let me share with you its wonders.…
Curiosity is the driving force behind technological advancement. Technology can bring a better life for humanity or completely disrupt it.
Look!!! These funny guys. Which one did you perfer?
ROS is now the most popular operating system, and more and more products will use it. If you want to get started with ROS, consider the following programming ROS robots. 👉
Rapid advances in hardware technology have changed the landscape when it comes to building robotics projects. Now with a minimum of electrical engineering ability and a decent grasp of computer programming one can build devices with interesting and sophisticated behaviors and capabilities e…
Engineers design durable robots by strategically combining the strongest materials available. The world’s most robust robots often include a few specific materials.
The "Robot Operating System" is something that everyone in the robotics industry should know, even if it isn't (technically) an operating system. This revolutionary piece of "middleware" contains everything that developers need to get robotics projects up and going, colle…
Bienvenue au premier opus du Grand didacticiel de RobotShop, une série de 10 leçons qui vous apprendront comment réaliser votre propre robot. Ce tutoriel est destiné à quiconque est prêt à se lancer dans la robotique et a une compréhension d…
In this sixth and final installment of the "Make Your Own Arduino-Powered Deskbot Pal" you’ll discover ways to enhance your Desktop Pal by adding more sensors and other hardware. As a bonus, you’ll also learn how to implement a compact MP3 player to play recorded music and sound effects!
Desktop Pal is an animatronic friend, powered by an Arduino-compatible microcontroller and a small assortment of basic sensors. Using two servos for movement, Pal’s head moves up and down and side to side, reacting to objects that come nearby. In this installment you’ll learn how to program the De…
In this fourth installment, endow your Desktop Pal with more sensors to increase its functionality. You’ll add a second ultrasonic sensor to enable your Pal to have a kind of "stereo" vision; a passive infrared (PIR) sensor to detect nearby motion, and even a "squawkbox", to give your Desktop Pal a…
In this third installment, learn how to effectively program the servos, ultrasonic sensor, and switch of your your Deskbot Pal for smooth, interactive action. In this installment of the Desktop Pal series, you'll learn a number of important Arduino sketch concepts, including interrupts, timers, sen…
The Deskbot Pal, an animatronic emoji bot that’s easy to build, and easy on the pocketbook. The Pal can be personalized with your own 15 pieces of flair – or more if you’d like! It’s powered by an Arduino-compatible microcontroller, and requires no special construction tools, even soldering. This …
This tutorial series will help you design and create your own "Deskbot Pal"; an affordable stationary robot that’s super simple to build. Desktop Pal is made to be personalized. Deck out your Pal with your own custom flair and bling and then give it a personality.
This lesson will help you choose and install a sensor for detecting objects. There are plenty of sensors that can do object detection, each offering different pros and cons, so you need to decide which one will fit your project best. When choosing a sensor, you need to ask yourself how you&rsquo…
À présent que la forme générale, les actionneurs (ou moteurs) et le cerveau du robot ont été choisis,il est temps de faire bouger les choses. La première question que se posent de nombreux débutants lors de la construction de leur premier r…
