Hackaday (unofficial) June 30, 2023 9:00am Gardening Robot Uses Sunlight to Incinerate Weeds #greenhacks #robotshacks #solarhacks #machinevision #raspberrypi #solarconcentrator #tensorflowlite #weedwhacker #weeding #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Gardening Robot Uses Sunlight To Incinerate Weeds Removing weeds is a chore few gardeners enjoy, as it typically involves long sessions of kneeling in the dirt and digging around for anything you don’t remember planting. Herbicides also work…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 27, 2023 12:00am MeArm 3.0: The Pocket-Sized Robot Arm #robotshacks #arm #hardware #instructional #mearm #opensource #robot #small #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 MeArm 3.0: The Pocket-Sized Robot Arm We all might dream of having an industrial robot arm at our disposal, complete with working controller that doesn’t need constant maintenance and replacement parts, and which is able to help …
Hackaday (unofficial) June 24, 2023 6:00pm Robodog Goes Free Thanks To Unofficial SDK #robotshacks #softwarehacks #minicheetah #mitminicheetah #python #robodog #robot #sdk #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Robodog Goes Free Thanks To Unofficial SDK What’s better than a pretty nice legged robot? One with an alternate SDK version that opens up expensive features, of course. The author didn’t like that the original SDK only came as p…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 22, 2023 12:00pm The Many Robots That Ventured Into the Chernobyl NPP #4 Reactor #history #robotshacks #chernobyl #chornobyl #remotecontrolledrobot #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 The Many Robots That Ventured Into The Chernobyl NPP #4 Reactor Before the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP, spelled ‘Chornobyl’ in Ukrainian) disaster in 1986, there had been little need for radiation-resistant robots to venture into high-risk …
Hackaday (unofficial) June 21, 2023 9:00pm DingoQuadruped Is a Cheap Canine-Like Robot #robotshacks #quadruped #robot #robotdog #robotics #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 DingoQuadruped Is A Cheap Canine-Like Robot Robot humanoids are cool, but also a bit hard to make work as they only have two legs to stand on. Four-legged robots can be a bit more approachable. The Dingo Quadruped aims to be just such an ope…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 21, 2023 4:00pm No Frills Autonomous Lawnmower Gets The Job Done #homehacks #robotshacks #ardumower #ardupilot #autonomouslawnmower #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 No Frills Autonomous Lawnmower Gets The Job Done [Nathan] needed an autonomous mower to help on the farm, so he built his own without breaking the bank. It might not be the prettiest machine, but it’s been keeping his roads, fences and yard…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 9, 2023 12:00am Robotic Fox Is Part Dog, Part Cat — Just Like the Real Thing #robotshacks #cat #cheetah #dog #quadruped #servo #spot #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Robotic Fox Is Part Dog, Part Cat — Just Like The Real Thing Foxes are cat software running on dog hardware, or so they say. And [Will Cogley] seems to have taken that to heart with this 3D-printed robotic fox, which borrows heavily from projects like Boston…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 31, 2023 12:00am Pretty Small Robot Is Capable, Nonetheless #robotshacks #esp32 #mqtt #robot #robots #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Pretty Small Robot Is Capable, Nonetheless When science fiction authors imagined robots in the 20th century, many of them were huge imposing steel automatons. [Shane]’s designs for the Pretty Small Robot are quite contrary to that, be…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 30, 2023 6:00pm Supercon 2022: [Jorvon Moss] Gives His Robots A Soul #art #cons #hackadaycolumns #robotshacks #2022superconference #robotdesign #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Supercon 2022: [Jorvon Moss] Gives His Robots A Soul How do you approach your robot designs? Maybe, you do it from a ‘oh, I have these cool parts’ position, or from a ‘I want to make a platform on wheels for my experiments’ pe…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 29, 2023 12:00pm Musical Robot Lets You Play the Recorder Hands-Free #musicalhacks #robotshacks #arduinonano #recorder #roboticinstruments #solenoid #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Musical Robot Lets You Play The Recorder Hands-Free Although many people might remember the recorder as just a simple instrument from their introductory music classes, it can nevertheless produce rich and varied melodies in the hands of a virtuoso l…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 29, 2023 6:00am The Fascinating Evolution Of Micromouse #robotshacks #autonomousrobot #maze #micromouse #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 The Fascinating Evolution Of Micromouse You would think there are only so many ways for a robotic mouse to run a maze, but in its almost 50 year history, competitors in Micromouse events have repeatedly proven this assumption false. In t…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 25, 2023 6:00am Glass Robot From a Solarpunk Future #art #robotshacks #robots #simonegiertz #solarpunk #stainedglass #tea #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Glass Robot From A Solarpunk Future You may have heard of a heart of glass or have a glass jaw, but have you ever seen a glass robot? [Simone Giertz], has taken two of her favorite things, stained glass and robotics, and fused them i…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 21, 2023 6:00pm Robotic Coffee Comes to Brooklyn, But Will It Stay? #cookinghacks #robotshacks #automation #coffee #robotic #robots #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Robotic Coffee Comes To Brooklyn, But Will It Stay? Robots are cool. Everyone knows it, and [Eater NY] highlights a coffee shop with a robotic server opening in Brooklyn. While robots able to prepare and serve drinks or food is not new, it isn’…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 19, 2023 6:00am Go In All The Directions With Omniwheeled ESP32 Bot #news #robotshacks #espnow #esp32s2 #omnidirectionalrobot #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Go In All The Directions With Omniwheeled ESP32 Bot The ability to change direction without turning is the specialty of omnidirectional wheels, which [maker.moekoe] used to their full potential on a pair of ESP32-controlled robots. Video after the b…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 17, 2023 6:00am Self-Driving Library for Python #robotshacks #transportationhacks #computervision #machinelearning #python #remotecontrolled #selfdriving #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Self-Driving Library For Python Fully autonomous vehicles seem to perennially be just a few years away, sort of like the automotive equivalent of fusion power. But just because robotic vehicles haven’t made much progress on…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 9, 2023 7:00pm Hackaday Prize 2023: Bolt Bot Micro Servo Droids #robotshacks #thehackadayprize #2023hackadayprize #3dprinted #arduino #kit #nrf24l01 #robotics #servomotor #wireless #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Hackaday Prize 2023: Bolt Bot Micro Servo Droids This Hackaday prize entry from [saul] is the beginning of a reconfigurable kit of 3D printed parts and servo motors for robotics learning. With just access to a printer, a few cheap-as-chips servo …
Hackaday (unofficial) May 9, 2023 6:00am Arctos Robotics: Build A Robot Arm Out Of 3D Printer Spares? #robotshacks #3dprinted #arduinomega2560 #cncshield #cycloidaldrive #grbl #nema17 #nema23 #pla #robotarm #ros #simulink #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Arctos Robotics: Build A Robot Arm Out Of 3D Printer Spares? ARCTOS is a 6-DOF robot arm based upon 3D printed mechanics running a modified version of GRBL firmware. Let’s get this straight now, the firmware is open source, but the hardware plans are a…
Hackaday (unofficial) April 25, 2023 12:00am $60 Robot Arm is Compact #robotshacks #robotarm #robotics #servo #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 $60 Robot Arm Is Compact Thanks to 3D printing and inexpensive controllers, a robot arm doesn’t need to break the bank anymore. Case in point? [Build Some Stuff] did a good-looking compact arm with servos for under $…
Hackaday (unofficial) April 23, 2023 3:00pm VHS Robot Swaps Tapes, as Seen in Hackers #robotshacks #videohacks #archiving #taperobot #vcr #vhs #videotape #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 VHS Robot Swaps Tapes, As Seen In Hackers Tape robots are typically used in places that store vast amounts of data – think film studios and government archives. If you’ve seen the 1995 cult movie Hackers, you might remember a s…
Hackaday (unofficial) April 22, 2023 9:00am Air Hockey Solitaire #games #robotshacks #airhockey #machinevision #robot #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Air Hockey Solitaire While air hockey is a fine amusement, it isn’t much fun if you can’t find someone to play against. Unless that is, you build a mini table with a robotic defender. [Vaib], [Nathan], and …