Category Archives: Robot Projects

Meet IOIO – I/O for Android

Posted on April 13, 2011 by dkohn96

From: http://ytai-mer.blogspot.com/2011/04/meet-ioio-io-for-android.html By: Ytai I’m very excited to announce the launch of a new product I’ve been working on for the past months! IOIO (pronounced: yo-yo) is a product which lets you connect electronic circuits to an Android device and … Continue reading →

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Robot Operating Systems and Software

Posted on March 10, 2011 by dkohn96

http://www.ros.org/wiki/ ROS (Robot Operating System) provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more. http://www.microsoft.com/robotics/ The Microsoft® Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 (Microsoft RDS) is … Continue reading →

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Midsouth Makers – Update

Posted on May 16, 2010 by dkohn96

Went to the Midsouth Makers meeting this past Friday. Great group. Not only did they do a hands on soldering demo, but also had mini talks on making your own chainmail and a computer project in the preliminary stages. I … Continue reading →

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Mid South Makers

Posted on May 10, 2010 by dkohn96

Was just contacted by the Mid South Makers (http://www.midsouthmakers.org/). I didn’t even know about the group until now, but if you read this blog you are probably already aware of HackerSpaces, but if you are not, watch this: They are … Continue reading →

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Make your own circuit boards

Posted on February 19, 2010 by dkohn96
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A New Way to Show off your Bot

Posted on December 5, 2009 by dkohn96

A friend of mine from Triangle Amateur Robotics (TAR) cub has started a new website to show off your robots. You can find it at http://beta.robotbox.net/.

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Hotrod Your Billy Bass

Posted on October 15, 2009 by dkohn96

Was sent this by a friend and just had to share it: Want to build it -> Click Here

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Solarbotics L298 Compact Motor Driver

Posted on October 1, 2009 by dkohn96

Although I like the Solarbotics L298 Compact Motor Driver (H-Bridge) the pdf that comes with it does NOT include the schematic. But it is available HERE but here it is for convenience: but it did not include the L298 pinout … Continue reading →

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Build a simple robot base (Update)

Posted on September 29, 2009 by dkohn96

An update from my earlier post: My students have gotten the first of the simple robot bases up and moving. A Wytech Fox11 board and a Solarbotics L298 Compact Motor Driver (H-Bridge) have been added to the bot base, along … Continue reading →

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Wii Controllers

Posted on August 29, 2009 by dkohn96

Just stumbled upon some great info about using the Wii remote and balance board with Linux and just had to save it! There has to be so neat projects you can do with that kind of technology available. Use Wii … Continue reading →

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