Hackaday (unofficial) July 27, 2022 12:00am Omnidirectional Walker With Wheeled Feet #robotshacks #jamesbruton #strandbeest #walkingrobot #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Omnidirectional Walker With Wheeled Feet [James Bruton] is on a quest to explore all the weird and wonderful methods of robot locomotion, and in his latest project created an omnidirectional walker that can move in any direction instantan…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 19, 2021 4:00am OpenDog Version 3 Is Ready To Go Walkies #robotshacks #3dprinting #cycloidalgearbox #jamesbruton #opendog #robotics #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 OpenDog Version 3 Is Ready To Go Walkies We’ve been following [James Bruton]’s open dog project for a little while now, and with his considerable pace of work – pandemic or no pandemic – development has been incred…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 25, 2021 12:00am Monowheel Balancing Robot Can’t Turn (Yet) #robotshacks #balancingrobot #gyroscopic #jamesbruton #monowheel #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Monowheel Balancing Robot Can’t Turn (Yet) Self-balancing robots have become a common hobby project, and they usually require two wheels to work. [James Bruton] has managed to single wheel balancing robot by adding gyroscopic stabilization.…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 23, 2021 12:00am Rover Uses Different Kind Of Tracks #robotshacks #3dprinted #balancingrobot #jamesbruton #tanktracks #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Rover Uses Different Kind Of Tracks Tracked robots usually require at least two wheels inside to work properly. However, [James Bruton] discovered a curious tractor design from the 1940s, the Fordson Rotaped, which only uses a single…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 30, 2021 12:00am Ball CVT Drives Robot From A Constant Speed Motor #robotshacks #continuouslyvariabletransmission #cvt #drivetrain #jamesbruton #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Ball CVT Drives Robot From A Constant Speed Motor [James Bruton] is experimenting is a series of interesting mechanical mechanisms, the latest being a CVT transmission system which uses a tilting sphere to get a variable speed output from a consta…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 24, 2021 4:00pm Mechanically Multiplexed Flip-Dot #mischacks #3dprinted #flipdotdisplay #jamesbruton #multiplexer #servos #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Mechanically Multiplexed Flip-Dot Flip dots displays are timeless classics, but driving the large ones can quickly turn into a major challenge. The electromagnets require a lot of current to operate, and the driver circuits can get…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 13, 2021 3:00am Bungee And Cam Assisted Actuator For OpenDog #robotshacks #bungeecord #jamesbruton #opendog #robotactuator #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Bungee And Cam Assisted Actuator For OpenDog One of the challenges of many walking robot designs is the fact that they draw current just to stay upright. This was exactly the case for one [James Bruton]’s quadruped robots, where the kne…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 1, 2021 2:00am Robot Moves In Any Direction On Ball Wheels #robotshacks #jamesbruton #omnidirectionalrobot #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Robot Moves In Any Direction On Ball Wheels The ability to move in any direction and turn on the spot is a helpful feature on robots that operate indoors around other objects. [James Bruton] demonstrated one possible solution in the form of …
Hackaday (unofficial) May 17, 2021 9:00am Actively Balancing A Robot With A Gyroscope #robotshacks #balancingrobot #gyroscope #jamesbruton #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Actively Balancing A Robot With A Gyroscope Self-balancing robots are a common hacker project, but we don’t often see them using spinning gyroscopes to achieve that balance. Robot master [James Bruton] decided to build a robotic platfo…
