The Robosnail Automatic Aquarium Cleaner is available for shipment and can start making your fish happy. The RoboSnail is the first robotic aquarium glass cleaner in the world and it is very neat to see it clean. Curious to learn more about this innovative product? We have an unboxing and video jus…
Sample output from the SwissRanger 3D camera A new video camera, developed by Mesa Imaging, captures 3D images at up to 29 fps. The 176x144 pixel camera outputs live video footage with depth information for each pixel. The camera gives precision depth information from 0.3m to 3m, with an accurac…
The Lynxmotion BotBoarduino, Bot Board II, and SSC-32 are known as great controllers, but some people get confused about VL, VS, and their different configurations. Well, here it is: the definitive Guide to the Power Supply Options for the Lynxmotion Controllers! Before going into the specifi…
Robocop 2014 The trailer for the upcoming RoboCop movie has recently been released and it provides a glimpse as to the new movie's plot. True to the original, the remake depicts a wounded police officer who is brought back to life with what seems to be very advanced full-body prosthetics. This e…
Lynxmotion is well known for its high quality robotic construction kits, especially walking robots and robotic arms, but did you know the same modular SES system can be used to make wheeled rovers? Lynxmotion has recently released two new wheeled rover kits based on this principle: the A4WD2-KT and…
When the word "drone" is mentioned, do you automatically think of spy operations and military strikes? While many people make this connection, it is only the tip of the technology iceberg when it comes to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Exciting new uses for UAVs (AKA drones) are on t…
While our neighbors in the USA use drones for warfare and spying, here in Canada we have other types of applications for UAVs that address other types of peace-disturbing assailants: geese. If there's something strange in your neighborhood. Who ya gonna call? Goosebusters! Steve Wambolt was …
If your Roomba Discovery 4XXX/4XX series is having a problem or is not working properly, it will communicate this to you by beeps, songs, and lights. The following table is essential in understanding possible problems the Roomba can have. Roomba will tell you what problem it has in order for you…
Well, it's no secret that posting around here has been pretty slow lately. I do have excuses though - first the trip to San Diego, then much sleep afterwards, then a trip to the beach before school started, then school started on Wednesday, then catchup. So, here we are, back ready for more …
Robot Localization Making a Robot know where it is I started looking into localization for use with sandbot but there have been many other things that conspired to prevent me progressing with it. I put it here as a placeholder and will come back to this when I have more time to think about it.. Int…
Brewster Robot The Brewster robot came to our attention via the RobotShop Forum. User robmcc hacked an older model Roomba, some servo motors, and what looks like a complex and custom-made mechanical rig to fetch and transport a can of beer. Without further delay, here is the robot in action:.'> …
Owning a 3D printer can be lots of fun and opens up a lot of possibilities for fabricating objects. However, if you want to print an object, you need to design it in a CAD program. This is a limitation that Volumental is trying to remove. By making it easy to scan objects (even people) and getting …
AR.Drone 2.0 by Parrot The popular quadcopter AR.Drone 2.0 is now available at RobotShop and in stock. Since this is a very popular flying platform, we expect it to sell very quickly, so if you want yours without any delay, we recommend placing an order as soon as possible. This quadcopter co
Here's a nifty project I found off of Hackaday - how to build your own 16 point (4bit) digital compass. Instead of using the popular 3bit Dinsmore compass the author decided to build his own. The author attached a magnet to a reflective encoding disk. Using four infrared photoreflectors he w…
UPDATE: 6 Oct, 2013Ok, I have been too lazy to update this as this was done a month or so ago. I hereby declare this project complete. It is now bigger and better! Below are some photos and a video of the completed matrix and driver board(click any picture for a larger view)-The Matrix-The dr…
DelFly Micro The DelFly Micro, built by Delft University of Technology, is the world's smallest ornithopther. The flapping robot has a 10 cm wingspan and even includes a video camera. In a mere year-and-a-half, the team decreased the weight from the 16 grams of the DelFly II, to the amazing …
