Finally, I can send and receive messages between the ardbot and my pc, over bluetooth. This post on the Arduino forum was very helpful:http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1231650517Here's my code in its preliminary state. The idea will be to transmit a short string of characters from th…
Boilerplate, the fictional robot created by artist Paul Guinan, now has a robolicious coffee-table book called Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel. Featuring historic scenes from the 19th and 20th century, we see Boilerplate's military prowess as he fights along-side military giants like T…
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I'm constantly reminded of my shortcomings as a blogger, especially with this story, as I don't think I've ever posted about Vecna's BEAR, or Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot. Regardless, the BEAR is a "humanoid" (well, it has a face and arms) robot that is designed to lift, carry, and extract…
  Robot lovers, start saving for airfare to Korea, because you're gonna want to be there for RobotLand. "Fun and fantasy with robot". We've covered the robot mecca before when it was still in early concept phase, but things seem to be humming along for a 2012 grand opening. The centerpie
Jon Hylands, on his blog this week, posted a link to his NanoSeeker Micro AUV project. The vehicle is 6 inches long and 1.25 inches in diameter. That's tiny! Jon plans to outfit the AUV with a 6 DOF IMU, a compass, depth sensor and an ARM based microcontroller. You can see some pictures of the
Well I now have received my first arduino (duemilanova), having used PICAXEs for a few years, but have a problem.I do not have internet at home, where I do the programming, and cannot find a printable version of the arduino language manual (if there is one!). I download a couple of basic 'beginn
To support my idea for building a 360 degree range finder, I want to build my own slip ring assembly.I'm thinking of using a copper clad board to create concentric rings. I found a manufacturer that uses this technique. I posted a picture from them below. The lower ring provides the brush contacts
Cornell University has won the 12th annual AUVSI Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition. And, according to Cornell's tweet, second place goes to University of Victoria and 3rd to University of Rhode Island. Interestingly, these three teams weren't even in the top 5 of last year's compeitors (pd…
AUVSI and ONR's 12th Annual International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition starts up tomorrow (July 30th), with two days of prelimiary runs and testing, followed by 2 days of competition this weekend. Last year's winner, University of Maryland, along with 29 other teams are signed up to …
I'm a sucker for great looking robot art. This piece, by Jason Chan really stood out. The 'robot' tag at vi.sualize.us is a great place to find such art. Stone Master And The Girl | Illustration Art | The Design Inspiration.
So I need some components from an old modem board for a new project. I'm trying to rescue a DPDT relay and an LM386 op ap for a mouse bot. However, the soldering job on this board is really well done, and I'm having trouble. So I need my de-soldering braid. Is it in the basement with my soldering
 Robotic Technology Inc. is working on a robot that is powered by biomass - grass, wood, or even dead bodies. The steam powered robot, which is being developed for the Pentagon under a Phase II SBIR grant, is designed for fuel itself off materials in its environment. While the title, "... cou
 Retro Robo Sculpture by Mike Rivamonte Here's a great gallery of retro robot art creations. There quite an array of intricate robot sculptures from a variety of artists. The robot pictured above was created by artist Mike Rivamonte. There's a few more of my favorites after the jump. What's y
In case you missed the news, Ugobe, maker of the amazing robotic pet Pleo, has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and has auctioned off all of its goods as of May 29th. It's still unclear what will happen to all of the IP, and there's potential that some buyer may resurrect our little robot pal, but that …
Carebot comes fully equipped to take care of your every need - hot meals, fluffying your pillow ... oh, and fully trained in proctology. See more of Ben's art here.
