Category Archives: Robot Parts

Pocket Science Lab Dev Board

What is Pocket Science Lab All in One Device. PSLab is a small USB powered hardware extension for your Android phone or PC that lets you measure all kinds of things. PSLab comes with a built-in Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Wave Generator, … Continue reading

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The History of Robots: From the 400 BC Archytas to the Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog

from: Interesting Engineering by: Saoirse Kerrigan The History of Robots: From the 400 BC Archytas to the Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Take a journey through the long history of robots, from the 4th Century BC to today. Robots have fascinated … Continue reading

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Robot Loading and Loading a Tractor Trailer

I am posting this more to remember this for future FIRST Robotics Competition Seasons. Once in a while we have to stack boxes, crates excreta and this is a wonderful method to do it:

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Neat way to learn Robotics

From: https://www.roboterra.com/ Origin™ Robotics Kit & CastleRock Looking for a fun and easy way to introduce STEM in your classroom? Our Origin Robotics Kit enables anyone to build real robots and program them. The kit includes metal parts, servos, LEDs … Continue reading

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How to Make Hydraulic Powered Robotic Arm from Cardboard – NTD Inspired

Instructions can be found at: http://mb.ntd.tv/inspired/diy/make-hydraulic-powered-robotic-arm-cardboard.html

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5 Robots Seeking Your Crowdfunding Support

From Robotics Trends Kamibot Programmable Robot for Kids Kamibot is a programmable papercraft robot for kids that can be customized with code and colorful skins. Kamibot is built around the open-source Arduino platform, so kids can easily learn how to … Continue reading

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ZeroUI Inc

From Robotic Trends By Eugene Demaitre January 12, 2016 ZeroUI Inc. has developed a set of four motor modules with a gesture-based controller glove for an intuitive user interface. With Ziro, makers can control wheels and direction or arms on … Continue reading

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Robot Kit Rundown

From IEEE Spectrum

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New Voice Recognition Modual for Arduino

More info at: http://www.veear.eu/products/easyvr-arduino-shield/

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LIDAR for under $100

from: Dragon Innovation [Editor note: This project is currently on Dragon Innovation (website like kickstarter) and looks real cool. A Lidar like distance sensor for $70! WOW!] Optical Distance Measurement Sensors Our sensor technology is ideally suited for any project … Continue reading

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