Tag Archives: robots

Antweight Robots

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Mike

Antweight robots are 150g versions of the 100kg fighting robots seen on Robot Wars. Started in 2000 by robot builders who found it too cold in the winter to work on heavyweight robots in the garage, these tiny robots can … Continue reading →

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BuildBrighton Hackspace

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Mike

We’d like to show off a few of our hackerspace projects, but the two sizey ones are as follows: Roboxylo is a robotic xylophone – controlled either by sequencer or by the public (via various invented input devices). It will … Continue reading →

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PlayBot

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Mike

I built a robot arm out of some meccano, and arduino, and some motors. It can play the glockenspiel and draw. We also have a home-brew boom-cam, and hopefully by the time of the faire some Raspberry Pi based stuff … Continue reading →

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Martin Evans: Underwater ROVs!

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Mike

Remote operated underwater vehicle (ROV) controlled by an Arduino and built from simple to obtain parts, plumbing pipe for the frame, drainage pipe for the main body, electric motors for thrusters. There is also an onboard camera to see what’s … Continue reading →

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