Month: May 2012
Simple robot kits online?
where can i get some simple robot kits online Lego Mindstorms is a good start. The program that comes with it is very basic and if you want to further your control you can move to RobotC for Mindstorms (C programming of the control brick). The kits are a bit pricey but you get the…
can you mount a gun on a battlebot?
I was watching battlebots and it seems like if you mounted an ak47 on a bot, it would win the whole thing. Is that legal? I haven’t looked up the official rules of the new version, but at least a couple of years ago: Projectile weapons are allowed, but the projectile must be tethered so…
Visualized: Arduino gets super-sized ahead of Maker Faire …
This is Make's John Edgar Park, manfully clutching his Arduino Grande. The oversized device isn't just for show though, it's a fully working unit for.Engadget
Fiberoptic joystick with quadrature encoders and arduino
I have designed and built a joystick that contains no electronic parts — only fiberoptics. The motion is sensed via quadrature encoding, and the signal processing is handled by an arduino microcontroller. How to terminate fiberoptics: http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/2010/12/fiberoptic-joystick-with-quadrature.html http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/2010/02/linear-position-tracking-with.html Duration : 0:9:11
MInd Storm
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