New hobby...maybe.
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Looking into making/building robots as a hobby...where can I get good info and learn? I'd like to make something with some nice software features..scalable in design, fun to play and learn. Thanks
Maybe these articles by Andrew Kirillov are interesting for you: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/audio-video/lego_pan_tilt_camera.aspx [^] http://www.codeproject.com/KB/recipes/driving_lego_bot.aspx[^]
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Lego_Mindstorms[^]... maybe?
I second that :) Became a lego-holic (technics department) just recently - that toy is just awesome. Looking forward to getting mindstorm this X-mas :cool:
A dogged, arrogant belief in self and the childlike idealism that comes with not knowing my limits. This is my greatest blessing, my priceless attribute.
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I second that :) Became a lego-holic (technics department) just recently - that toy is just awesome. Looking forward to getting mindstorm this X-mas :cool:
A dogged, arrogant belief in self and the childlike idealism that comes with not knowing my limits. This is my greatest blessing, my priceless attribute.
I won one in a draw last year, but forfeited because I forgot to attend the event. :(
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Looking into making/building robots as a hobby...where can I get good info and learn? I'd like to make something with some nice software features..scalable in design, fun to play and learn. Thanks
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Looking into making/building robots as a hobby...where can I get good info and learn? I'd like to make something with some nice software features..scalable in design, fun to play and learn. Thanks
My new hobby, too :) There are a lot of robot kits out there. Lots aren't very programmable. (Just chips that run "servo sequences" - a sequence of "servo position sets" are sent in time) Impressive to watch, but there's no code to speak of... I just got an AVR Butterfly board. An ATMega169 cpu with a bunch of teeny i/o devices on board. Only $20! A brush up on soldering skills (soldering headers and serial port plug to the board) Buy a breadboard, and you can program the thing in c by sending the board a download via your serial port. (board has serial interface on it). c compiler with lots of pre-written code is freeware. You can program that little microcontroller in c. And I'd hazzard to call the thing a full cpu, almost. Anyways, that'll be my robot brain once I figure it out better. Not sure what servo/wheel/sensor stuff to get yet. So what =i= did was get subscriptions to http://botmag.com/[^] and http://www.nutsvolts.com/[^] Read the ads and google the sites they mention. Then you start the deciding process... hoo boy... VERY interesting stuff tho. ...Steve http://shazware.com
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Looking into making/building robots as a hobby...where can I get good info and learn? I'd like to make something with some nice software features..scalable in design, fun to play and learn. Thanks
My daughter and I built this lynxmotion robot arm kit[^] There is a newish book out now that describes running it via the Microsoft robotics studio. Great fun. Well made kit. ...that, or Lego.
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Microsoft has a Robotics lab. Just released a new version a few days ago too. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/robotics/default.aspx[^]
Cheetah. Ferret. Gonads. What more can I say? - Pete O'Hanlon
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Lego_Mindstorms[^]... maybe?
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Maybe these articles by Andrew Kirillov are interesting for you: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/audio-video/lego_pan_tilt_camera.aspx [^] http://www.codeproject.com/KB/recipes/driving_lego_bot.aspx[^]
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here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot[^] :)
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My new hobby, too :) There are a lot of robot kits out there. Lots aren't very programmable. (Just chips that run "servo sequences" - a sequence of "servo position sets" are sent in time) Impressive to watch, but there's no code to speak of... I just got an AVR Butterfly board. An ATMega169 cpu with a bunch of teeny i/o devices on board. Only $20! A brush up on soldering skills (soldering headers and serial port plug to the board) Buy a breadboard, and you can program the thing in c by sending the board a download via your serial port. (board has serial interface on it). c compiler with lots of pre-written code is freeware. You can program that little microcontroller in c. And I'd hazzard to call the thing a full cpu, almost. Anyways, that'll be my robot brain once I figure it out better. Not sure what servo/wheel/sensor stuff to get yet. So what =i= did was get subscriptions to http://botmag.com/[^] and http://www.nutsvolts.com/[^] Read the ads and google the sites they mention. Then you start the deciding process... hoo boy... VERY interesting stuff tho. ...Steve http://shazware.com
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My daughter and I built this lynxmotion robot arm kit[^] There is a newish book out now that describes running it via the Microsoft robotics studio. Great fun. Well made kit. ...that, or Lego.