12.09.2010
Robot powered by Linux Has Onboard Camera
This looks like the real thing. Real enough. It's low-cost (darn-near cheap!) yet has a 2.4ghz Nordic radio, so the controller has a video screen from which you view the video camera on the robot itself. Yes, it's powered by Linux. Yes, there is a USB port which allows you to upload your own and other's programs.
And you can program the bot to run routes.
One pile of really really fun kid stuff!!! But around here, it's open to being hacked, modded, re-purposed and folded spindled and mutilated.
This is another C What I Can Do video at cWhatIcanDo.com, so take a look. C What I Can Do .com I have a feeling we will be back to this project, I've downloaded the software and have almost clean compiles of all the sample projects. I've downloaded speed control programs which allow you to tweak the PWM motor drivers... This is going to be some fun ripping into the little compact box. Let's hope it doesn't disappoint. It hasn't yet.
And you can program the bot to run routes.
One pile of really really fun kid stuff!!! But around here, it's open to being hacked, modded, re-purposed and folded spindled and mutilated.
This is another C What I Can Do video at cWhatIcanDo.com, so take a look. C What I Can Do .com I have a feeling we will be back to this project, I've downloaded the software and have almost clean compiles of all the sample projects. I've downloaded speed control programs which allow you to tweak the PWM motor drivers... This is going to be some fun ripping into the little compact box. Let's hope it doesn't disappoint. It hasn't yet.
9.13.2010
Build A Simple Black Box Robot
Build a Black Box Robot
Why a black Box? So I can "wrap it" in anything. I'm thinking about a stuffed animal head to make a little virtual(real?) pet.
Someday this may become the little dog robot I tried to build before (see dogBot). You can see the whole project on CwhatIcanDo.com, of course.
Why a black Box? So I can "wrap it" in anything. I'm thinking about a stuffed animal head to make a little virtual(real?) pet.
Someday this may become the little dog robot I tried to build before (see dogBot). You can see the whole project on CwhatIcanDo.com, of course.
7.16.2010
My New Novel
White Buffalo Herd
A successful writer is suffering confusion after his involvement with an American Indian group who are involved with mysticism, the occult and strange stuff goin' on all around him. This confusion leads him to corruption, attempted murder (his own) and an involvement with a mysterious woman who get's caught up in the mysteriousness as well.
By publishing on kindle anyone reading this blog can download a copy of the book for pc, mac, iphone, android, ipad, and of course, kindle... The price of WBH is $5.95 and I've been told it's a pretty good read.
If you wanna give it a try:
http://www.amazon.com/White-Buffalo-Herd-wbh-ebook/dp/B003TXS43U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1279326029&sr=1-1
The sample download is free. You'll know if you are interested once you read the sample. I've got a Motorola Droid, the thing turned out pretty nice. I hope you like it, if enough people like it, I have others ready to follow. The next one has corporate intrigue and all sorts of entertaining shenanigans.
A successful writer is suffering confusion after his involvement with an American Indian group who are involved with mysticism, the occult and strange stuff goin' on all around him. This confusion leads him to corruption, attempted murder (his own) and an involvement with a mysterious woman who get's caught up in the mysteriousness as well.
By publishing on kindle anyone reading this blog can download a copy of the book for pc, mac, iphone, android, ipad, and of course, kindle... The price of WBH is $5.95 and I've been told it's a pretty good read.
If you wanna give it a try:
http://www.amazon.com/White-Buffalo-Herd-wbh-ebook/dp/B003TXS43U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1279326029&sr=1-1
The sample download is free. You'll know if you are interested once you read the sample. I've got a Motorola Droid, the thing turned out pretty nice. I hope you like it, if enough people like it, I have others ready to follow. The next one has corporate intrigue and all sorts of entertaining shenanigans.
5.11.2010
Cheap and Easy Robots
Here we go again. This time CwhatIcando.com has a continuation of my last project. This time, we secure the motor-control board and let our picAxe 08m drive our robot around. Note, we moved the IR detector to the optimum spot for avoiding floor objects. By using a little shim, we can move our beam up or down enough to make it avoid a carpet edge, or roll over anything but really big stuff:
Check out the whole how-to with software at
C What I Can Do
Keep on having fun!!!
Check out the whole how-to with software at
C What I Can Do
Keep on having fun!!!
3.22.2010
Four Dollar Rumble Bot Becomes Autonomous
I put this rumbleBot video up in response to all the Roboticists who are introducing the Arduino as autonmous controller. Here's an even cheaper way to make a cheapo bot.
Take a little motor controller board (15 bucks)
Deluxe model get a picAxe 08m (4 bucks)
Grab a Sharp IR unit (15 bucks)
Don't forget the Rumble-Bot (5 - 30 bucks - mine was $4 at second-hand store)
So for around $40 bucks, you get a pretty amazing robot. If you leave the head on and put little sensor switches in the bot's hands, you have a pretty decent looking little robot.
Of course, the whole project is on CwhatIcanDo.com...
Take a little motor controller board (15 bucks)
Deluxe model get a picAxe 08m (4 bucks)
Grab a Sharp IR unit (15 bucks)
Don't forget the Rumble-Bot (5 - 30 bucks - mine was $4 at second-hand store)
So for around $40 bucks, you get a pretty amazing robot. If you leave the head on and put little sensor switches in the bot's hands, you have a pretty decent looking little robot.
Of course, the whole project is on CwhatIcanDo.com...
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