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My "Start here robot II".

Navigate around via ultrasound avoiding obstacles.
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This is my second version of the "Start Here Robot II" and I would like to thank Frits for introducing newbies like me in the fantastic world of robotic. At first I … Read more
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My First Robot Dave

Navigate around a table top using IR
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  I've had my Arduino for over a year and had done very little with it until recently.  Mainly because I didn't have the tools or knowhow to actually build … Read more
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Something Else

Rocket car v2

Run fast

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This is my second rocket car. The framework is made from cheap and light 5 mm plywood, a paper roll, thin expoxy sheet. Things turned out much easier with a circle … Read more
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Robot

RoboProgrammer - Automated AVR (or PIC etc) programmer

It automatically programs a bunch of uControllers based on a firmware "playlist" created on PC
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  Well, recently, I needed to have a bunch of AVRs programmed... A big bunch... And as I am really bored on repeated procedures I decided to make a robot to do … Read more
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Henr-y

Navigate around, beep, and look cute
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This is my second robot so I wanted to build one with a track drive.  I got some nice tracks from robotshop.ca. and they're really nice.  The frame is made with … Read more
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Beverage Bot

Navigates around delivering drinks and finding IR LEDS.
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   After building the "Start Here Project"  I wanted to do a few things with my next project Read more
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Zuzu - The light seeker

Follows the light from a lighter
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Hi, My name is Zuzu, I live in my masters pocket and usually I sleep at day, but at night, when all the lights goes out, I will wake up and I will seek the most … Read more
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Tip/walkthrough

Button debouncing


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Hi LMR...          I think that you often run into the problem with MCU that when you press a button it read it not only one time but often even 50 times or … Read more
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miniPOV with avr Tiny2313

Displays a message on move
 
Oh I forgot to tell some word about it...   Upper there are 2 link... I used the schematic and the miniPOV.exe program for codeing.... Better said just copied the … Read more
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Bluetooth Robot Controller

Controlls any robot which has a Bluetooth reciever

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Hi....           I am building a software wich controls a robot via bluetooth.... It sends out data to the virtual port created with the Bluetooth … Read more
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Funbot

Stops for when obstacle detected
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I've spend too many years thinking about building my own robot and feel like I've found a group of like-minded folk with this site. :-)  I'd like to share my … Read more
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Tip/walkthrough

Electronic differential

Replaces a mechanical differential
 
I have occasionally seen robots built to immitate a car where wheels at the back drive the robot while the front wheels pivot to provide steering. The biggest … Read more
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W3bc4m-P4n-Tilt mechanism.

it moves a webcam up and down and right and left.

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Well i made this one for a friend . He has a laptop with a broken display but the embedded webcam works fine so he asked me to build a pan-tilt mechanism for this … Read more
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TOBI - The Tool Bot

Carry Tools and Laptop to free human hands.
Using a

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LAST UPDATED: 2010.08.31 This is my first robot built from scratch and I am new to robotics. I haven't played with electronics for over 25 years and I have a … Read more
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Tip/walkthrough

Sketchyphysics for Google Sketchup

Allow just about any sketchup model to be animated within a real time physics engine

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I have seen that many users on LMR use google's free sketchup design software to get a rough overview of the appearance of the complete robot. Did you know though … Read more
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DarwinBot lives

By rik

June 19, 2010
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This continues my previous experiments with evolutionary code generation. I built the simplest robot imaginable to test out pieces of code. This is 1069-H1 aka "DarwinBot".

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Cheap PCB's

By Chris the Carpenter

April 16, 2009
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You know, I just gotta plug Sparkfun again...

So I finished designing Walter's new main board (now set-up like a 28x board with all servo connectors) and was shopping around for cheap "only-one-board" PCB people. Once again, Sparkfun rocks! --They do 2 sided boards with all the trimmings for only $2.50 a sq. inch. There is a $10 set-up fee but I just got an email back and learned that is per order... You can have as many different designs per order as you want!!! Hell yeah!

By the way-- Here is Walter's new brain(s)

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Zuzu - The light seeker

Follows the light from a lighter
Using a

 Collected by 2 members
 
Hi, My name is Zuzu, I live in my masters pocket and usually I sleep at day, but at night, when all the lights goes out, I will wake up and I will seek the most … Read more
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