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Tag Archives: robot
Robot re-design
The elbows-back manipulator arms of the previous version always make me think of Fozzie Bear going, “Waka waka!” The design was taken from a space robot and doesn’t really work on a ground vehicle, so I replaced it with the … Continue reading
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Tagged fukushima, remote operated vehicle, remote operated vehicles, robot, robotics, rov, teleoperated robots
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Robot Arm in Sketchup
This design is based on the first iRobot photo shown here. Sketchup, by the way, is not for CAD, it’s for quickly illustrating concepts. Sketchup can draw smooth curves as in the iRobot photo, but boxes are of course faster … Continue reading
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Tagged arduino, fukushima, irobot, robot, robot arm, robotics, sketchup, sketchy physics
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Here come the robots
Daily Mail: Pictured: The robots called in to help prevent nuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant As I suggested a week ago:
Updated General Purpose Robot
So far, my robot designs have been pretty much just conceptual, but now I’m starting to think about how they might actually be built to serve a real world purpose. Hence, this shot at a general purpose robot: The red … Continue reading
Pricing a Mining Robot: Communications
So I want to build a teleoperated mining robot to operate over the internet. I provided a graphical overview of the system here. Today my nephew and I priced the communications-link components. Supposing for the moment that I actually know … Continue reading
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Tagged arduino, electronics, ethershield, mining, mining robot, robot, robotics, teleoperations, xbee
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Tapping into an RC Circuit
The Neph came over and we probed the RC circuit with the analog multimeter that I purchased from Radio Shack. I was astonished to find that the voltage on the high side of the push button wasn’t even a single … Continue reading
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Tagged arduino, diy, electronics, electronics hobby, rc control, robot, robotics
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