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Follow Light Stop in front of Object
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This is a light follower robot that stops in front of objects. Its made from a Microbot from Picaxe. Code:   symbol left = b9 symbol right = b7 symbol difference … Read more
Simple Arduino Obstacle Avoidance
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Hi guys, This is my first robot and I am having some difficulty moving forward with the project. I hope you can help The project is a simple Arduino obstacle … Read more
Basic robot for testing code and sensors
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Generic experimental Arduino Robot          I put this together one or two years ago and have been fiddling with it ever since. The version in the picture … Read more

BEAM robotics

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This little bot loves to "jitter" around and hide behind teeny tiny objects! I constructed it to sell on etsy.com and I also enjoy building robots. All the parts … Read more
Well, this is probably the simplest robot I've ever made. It is just this event's robot mounted in a old IBM box. I've built it just to serve as a testing platform … Read more
crawling like a baby
this is my new robot ,it`s a baby ,it`s crawling  ,it`s very simple ,just a servo motor ,some metal parts ,and some creation ,i took this idea from AndyGadget in … Read more

Super Basic

Hey guys, I am a Product Design Engineering student at Glasgow University / Glasgow School of Art, and we just got our project brief for this semester. In groups we have to make a multi-purpose vehicle that competes in a series of challenges, in a sort of 'Vehicle Olympics'. So, the challenges are:

1) Hill climb - 20m track up a steep hill. Simple time trial.

2) Tug of War - Vehicles will be tied back to back, on a Vaseline-covered area. First robot to get further, or out the ring wins

Forget making a LED blink. how do you even get it to turn on? This is a walkthrough for making an LED turn on and off at will, in a small beacon for a robot's … Read more
This thing just derbys around using three differentially rotating balls to move in any direction
update? - not really, I accidently deleted the youtube link - so I'm fixing it ..  This is not a very intelligent, or special robot - it took me long enough, but … Read more

Add-ons to the "bristlebot"

Have any of you added something cool to your bristlebots to make them do something cool (like obstacle avoidance, remote control, etc.)?
Wall avoiding aimless robot
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Here's the photo of my first original bot - HairyBot 1, so called due to the abundance of wires from this breadboard on wheels.  It's a pretty simple setup, made … Read more