Robots

POLYRO (oPen sOurce friendLY RObot)This is an instructable on building a relatively low-cost wheeled robot platform for developing ROS applications. Think of ROS as an operating system for your robot (providing hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more). THIS ROBOT IS ... read more »

Motorized Uniwheel Toy Thing (Mutt) After watching the animated movie Robots for the nth time I thought it would be cool to have one of those speedy unicycle robots and after much ruminating came up with the following project. For a step-by-step instructable on how to build this toy, go here: h... read more »

(w/ Video) Basic Arduino Robot, Light Seeker!Many times I have Googled for "Arduino Robot" in hopes of finding a robot to build. I end up finding many versions of a obstacle avoiding robot that uses either an infrared or a sonar range finder sensor mounted on a servo to detect objects in its way while randomly roaming the area around it. The p... read more »

Robocam - Homemade Video RobotRobocam is a heavy duty homemade robot platform supporting a video camera and transmitter.  The platform for Robocam is made from plywood and threaded rods.  Locomotion is provided by two surplus six volt motors connected to lawn mower wheels.  Power is provided by a lead acid battery. Rather than u... read more »

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Talking Animatronic Robot Head(Robot Contest Entry Catagory = 18+) This instructable is about a talking animatronic robot head I built, which I call Robot Head 2.  To get an idea of Robot Head 2's functionality, click on the short video below or you can copy and paste the following link in your browser: http://www.youtube.com/... read more »

The Claw.This is how to build... The Claw. The Claw is my awesome 3 fingered robotic gripper. it is controlled with a servo, and can be attached to another servo which acts as a "wrist". To see what it should look like, there is a video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R7vCUfmeNU. (for the NRW contes... read more »

How to Make a Sumo Bot (Science Olympiad 2011 Rules)This Sumo Bot was the Century High School, from Rochester, Minnesota, Science Olympiad Team's entry into the State Competition on March 5, 2011. Although we didn't do so well (25th out of 32 teams), I still decided to showcase my hard work, and to provide tips for other people. Here's a brief overv... read more »