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Read this if you are having strange problems with a new Picaxe and servos

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Picking Batteries for your Robot

Shows you what kinds of things to consider when picking a battery for your robot
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gsandaya
Robot – work in progress

ArtBot

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This is a robot I am working on to create art, I hacked an old RC car, but instead of hacking the car, i hacked the remote (the leftovers of which are on the hood … Read more
slick
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Machine Vision Obstacle Avoidance

Uses a webcam and robot vision to navigate around obstacles
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Obstacle avoidance is one of the most important aspects of mobile robotics. Without it robot movement would be very restrictive and fragile. This tutorial explains … Read more
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RoboRealm
Robot – work in progress

Icarus Experience I

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4
Average: 4 (1 vote)
I'm working hard on a arm with 2 axis without a gripper in the first version. that will interface with a pc or a cotroller pad with a lcd display 16x2. Read more
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Crioa
Robot – work in progress

a BoeBot with no name

roam with no specific goal...
Using a
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Average: 4.4 (7 votes)
Second-hand BoeBot With the whole 2K eeprom and the luxury 13 words RAM Fitted with the Ping, a compass, the quad QTI kit (2 used as kindof wheels encoders) + all … Read more
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ndupont
Robot

Steve, The Disembodied Robot Arm

Flail around and knock over stuff
Using a
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Average: 5 (4 votes)
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TheCowGod
Tip/walkthrough

PicAxe 28X1 memory tricks

Tips on EEPROMS, i2c, scratchpad and variables
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Average: 5 (5 votes)
The picaxe 28X1 has some very cool memory features that can be used to free up program space or to give your robot a more convenient user interface. This post … Read more
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mintvelt
Tip/walkthrough

An Intro to arrays

A way to control more LEDs than you have pins in your chip!
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Update: I added a video with my grad cap hacked with 64 individually addressed LEDs! This multiplexing/matrixing/array-ing sure is fun :3 This is pretty barebones … Read more
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Zanthess
Robot

R3M3 Version I

Rolls, waits for me to tell it to do something
Using a
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4
Average: 4 (2 votes)
When I started R3M3, a month ago, I was using a BS2 for the core intelligence. Aside from price, I enjoyed the simplicity of the Basic Stamp. However, I have since … Read more
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kankatee
Robot – work in progress

Junior

Maps enviroment, explores with arm, falls over.
Using a
,
Rating:
5
Average: 5 (3 votes)
He's nearly ready for his first video! I just have to write something more sophisticated than diagnostic routines. I've saved the schematic as a jpeg so that you … Read more
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