How Not To Build A Robot
I’ve gained a lot of experience over the last few months with regards to Fusion 360, 3d printing, electronics and more besides. I thought I’d share some of those lessons. As Complex As You Make It The most important lesson, as with any project, is to have an idea of what you’re building from the […]
MacFeegle Prime Architecture Overview
A long while since the last post, more on that in an upcoming post titled “How Not To Build A Robot”, but thought I’d give an update on the general architecture that is manifesting for MacFeegle Prime. The Robot The robot will have at it’s core a Raspberry Pi, in its case it’ll be a […]
MacFeegle Prime – Overview
This is definitely going to change with time but this is the current vague, but slowly solidifying, plan for MacFeegle Prime, my competitor for PiWars 2020! Concept This robot is heavily inspired by Johnny Five from Short Circuit. To that end, it’ll be tracked, have a pair of arms, a head, and shoulder mounted nerf […]
1st Gen Roomba Overview
Before I can rebuild Bumblebee, my 1st generation Roomba, I need to figure out how he works. I’m going to split this into three sections; Power , motors and sensors. I’m going to cover how to interface with each of these in future posts. Power This was simple enough, I charged the battery and put […]
Project Bumblebee
Bumblebee? Bumblebee is my Roomba, so named as long ago he lost his voice. About a year ago his logic board started playing up and though he was still able to clean, at the end of each cleaning cycle he wouldn’t go into standby and his battery would drain in no time. At that […]
Controlling a Syma S107G with an Xbox 360 Controller
As a tie in to my No ‘Air Ambulance Challenge, a sponsored body wax for the local Air Ambulance charity, I’ve decided to upgrade my old project by swapping the RC car out for a Syma S107G. If you enjoyed this post, please donate a few quid or whatever you can here. It’s for a very good cause […]
Microsoft Surface, MSR and Robots
Microsft Research never cease to amaze me, I was lucky enough to briefly visit the labs in Cambridge last week and I’ll freely admit I was gushing like a star-struck fan! Engadget have an article up featuring some of the work MSR are doing with Surface and SAR robotics, well worth checking out. http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/microsoft-surface-controlled-robots-to-boldly-go-where-rescuers/ Keegan
Netduino Quadcopter
In my first post last year I stated that my New Years resolution was to build more stuff, the Jukebox lights are wired up and that project is more or less done. One of my other ambitions mentioned was to design and build a UAV. Now, I’m a Microsoft guy. It’s what I know and […]
