Robots usually walk, have wheels, or even fly, but this robot crawls using its own body. Gumby is what they call it and it uses it's body to crawl through tight spaces. They based their robot off of a squid and to me they did a pretty good job. In the video above they show the robot's skills and he capability that it has. Thanks for reading and we hope you enjoy the video!
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Students at Harvard creat flexible crawling robot
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RoboFollower, the new letsmakerobots
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EasyBotics Biped Robot Sumo Competition
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Usually robot sumo competitions are held with wheeled robots, however EasyBotics held one using their biped robots. The biped's objective were to push the opponent out of the ring, and just like a real sumo fight, the bipeds fought for three rounds. The robot who won the most rounds out
of three won the competition. Thanks for reading and check out the video above to see them fight!
Arduino biped robot
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After viewing the easybiped from easybotics, it inspired me to create my own, and in about 20 minutes I created the legs and body. However, that's not the real challenge. Since I am using an arduino board, I will have to program the it to get the legs moving. I have made a video on it, and if any of you would like to help me with the code then I would appreciate that a lot. Thanks for reading and please like us on google plus!
Arduino Servo Code For a Robot
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If you're a newbie in Arduino and would like to build and program robots, then this is the code for you. It is written for an Arduino board and it's purpose is to control servo motors. In the code are numbers, and I'll let you change them up and experiment with the code. Hopefully you'll learn something about programming after you use the code. Thanks for reading and click here for even more code relating to Arduino!
The code
/*
Arduino Servo Code
*/
#include <Servo.h>
Servo servoOne; // Define our Servo
void setup()
{
servoOne.attach(10); // servo on digital pin 10
}
void loop()
{
servoOne.write(45); // Turn Servo Left to 45 degrees
delay(1000); // Wait 1 second
servoOne.write(0); // Turn Servo Left to 0 degrees
delay(1000); // Wait 1 second
servoOne.write(90); // Turn Servo back to center position (90 degrees)
delay(1000); // Wait 1 second
servoOne.write(135); // Turn Servo Right to 135 degrees
delay(1000); // Wait 1 second
servoOne.write(180); // Turn Servo Right to 180 degrees
delay(1000); // Wait 1 second
servoOne.write(90); // Turn Servo back to center position (90 degrees)
delay(1000); // Wait 1 second
}
Adding more than one servo!
Servo servoTwo; // Define our Servo)
2. Attach it
servoTwo.attach(12); // servo on digital pin 12
3. Add it void loop
servoTwo.write(45);
delay(1000);
Removing/Editing Delays
1. Delete the "delay(1000); // Wait 1 second" in the code
2. Edit the number "(1000)" to whatever you want. 1000 equals one second.
Changing the degrees
1. Change the "(45)" to whatever angle you want in "servoOne.write(45); // Turn Servo Left to 45 degrees"
Even more code!
If you're interested in programming the servo with more extensive code, then check out the forums and ask for help there. If you need any further assistance on programming, feel free to contact me at the "contact" page!
Review of the hexbug scarab
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Today I got the new hexbug scarab and it's sleek and fast! It has six legs, angled teeth, and a fast gear system. The price of this bot is $12.99 at RadioShack and they come in red, blue, orange, grey, and green. The physical features are pretty amazing, it has small 12 gears, 6 legs (obviously), and 2 angled teeth. Its capable of turning around when it hits an object because of its angled teeth, and it can flip itself back over like the nano. Thanks for reading check out the video below of my review.
Hexbug Christmas
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Nothing says happy holidays like a good old hexbug christmas video! This video was made by hexbugtv and its filled while all sorts of hexbugs and holiday theme. Thanks for reading and please thumbs up the hexbug video!
