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Robot arm studies

Posted on March 29, 2011 by engineerzero

As I get closer to designing a teleoperated robot that I can actually build, I wanted to experiment with different robot arm designs. Hence I took the re-design of a couple days ago and made several re-designs out of it … Continue reading →

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Robot re-design

Posted on March 27, 2011 by engineerzero

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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Robot Arm in Sketchup

Posted on March 26, 2011 by engineerzero

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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Here come the robots

Posted on March 24, 2011 by engineerzero

Daily Mail: Pictured: The robots called in to help prevent nuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant As I suggested a week ago:

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Updated General Purpose Robot

Posted on March 20, 2011 by engineerzero

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 →

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Fukushima and Teleoperated Robots (Video)

Posted on March 17, 2011 by engineerzero
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Pricing a Mining Robot: Communications

Posted on March 11, 2011 by engineerzero

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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PC to arduino to toy crane

Posted on February 21, 2011 by engineerzero
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Tapping into an RC Circuit

Posted on February 2, 2011 by engineerzero

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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PC to Arduino to LED Control

Posted on January 29, 2011 by engineerzero

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts (like the slideshow here), I want to build a teleoperated mining robot. Since I’m somewhat short of both cash and experience, I have to start small. One key part of the system will be … Continue reading →

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