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I wanted to control my Romo (the cellbot from Romotive) from my PC. But I like Romotive's control app and didn't really want to write my own at this point using their SDK. Instead, I just wanted to control ... [More]
Robots SoftwareA couple weeks back I got Romotive's Romo cell bot from a project I sponsored on Kickstarter. Cell bots use an onboard cellphone as their controller. As with other cell bots I've built, audio out is used ... [More]
Kickstarter Projects RobotsI first saw the EggBot in action at MakerFaire and then waited to get in the queue to get one as Evil Mad Science prepared the kit for sale (just as I await their Digi-Comp II now). As I was just getting ... [More]
Misc Kits Projects RobotsA few months back, I enjoyed assembling the Gakken Karakuri Somersault Doll (I got mine online from the Maker Shed). What's amazing about the doll is that it slowly completes a series of backward somersaults ... [More]
Gakken Kits RobotsWhile walking around Akihabara in Tokyo, we stumbled across a robot competition. This was totally unplanned on our part but it turned out to be a Kondo Robotics humanoid robot competition. The small ... [More]
Robots TripsWhile visiting Tokyo, I spent some time in Akihabara where I stopped at the vStone Robot Store. I spotted a new balancing bot they had called the Beauto Balancer Duo (Reseller with English translation) ... [More]
Robots TripsI first saw Pololu's 3pi robot in action at MakerFaire 2009. It was an impressive and agile line follower with a well-designed compact body. I brought one home and came to realize that it was even quicker ... [More]
Arduino RobotsI thought I'd share another project from a few years back. Back in late 2007 I just finished up my third DARPA Grand Challenge Event (as an author of the pre-event simulator and real-time tracking software ... [More]
Projects RobotsThere is a wonderful museum which exhibits working automata of the Edo era in Japan. It's called Shishi Kaikan and it's located in Takayama, Japan. The automata are mechanical marvels. A couple of these ... [More]
Robots Trips