There should be a few more of these in the next little while. Some of you may recall that I had been working on a robot some time ago. Since that time, I’ve bought some more parts, gotten my Arduino working with a new Atmel chip, completely re-designed the chassis (though it looks similar) and have started cutting prototype chassis parts out of 1/8 inch MDF.
I’m going to post some more details including pics and such but for now, here’s a nice little movie of the new design and a few chassis details. Enjoy until I get some more posted.
Ling // Jan 5, 2009 at 2:48 am
You know how to build your own robot? That’s cool. You got some schooling for this, or is this just something you can pick up? Like a do-it-yourself kit or something. I’d love to build me a robot.
Marc // Jan 6, 2009 at 11:28 am
It’s just a hobby. My wife would have had me buy a kit because I have a habit of starting projects and never finishing them, but I love the challenge of the “from scratch” approach. It’s not all from scratch, but a lot of it is.
There are lots of great kits out there to get people started though.
Neil | Michael // Jan 7, 2009 at 9:53 am
Cool. Would love to be able to build a robot of my own. I was actually checking out a kit which allows you to use an old Palm handheld as the guts of a robot. One of these days…