The Adorable Robot Spot, Now In Affordable Form
If you’ve been following the Boston Dynamics project Spot, you’ve seen its capabilities and how we’re starting to see it being used in public more since its official release last year. But in a true...
View ArticleRobot Arm Achieves Amazing Accuracy With Just Servos
While few of us need robotic arms in our daily life, they’re a popular build with makers. Often, the most accessible builds throw together some RC servos and 3D printed parts, with limited accuracy a...
View ArticleAutomated Sentry Turret For Your Secret Lab
There are few things as frustrating when you’re trying to get some serious hacking done than intruders repeatedly showing up without permission. [All Parts Combined] has the solution for you, with a...
View ArticleMechanically 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...
View ArticleTardygrade Walker Is a Lesson In 3D Printed Design
The ability to quickly create complex parts with 3D printers has created a platform to show off mechanical design skills. This is true in the case of [Dejan Ristic]’s capable little Tardygrade walking...
View ArticleArduino Activated Automotive Aerodynamic Apparatus is… (Spoiler Alert!)
Sometimes a great hack is great for no other reason than that it’s fun, and [Michael Rechtin]’s DIY Active Aero Spoiler and Air Brake certainly qualifies as a fun hack. This is a mod designed to live...
View ArticleServo Surgery Teaches Us DIY Encoder Implants
Today, we shall talk about how [Adam Bäckström] took a DS3225 servo and rebuilt it to improve its accuracy, then built a high-precision robot arm with those modified servos to show just how much of an...
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