Have a look at this Robot that is built on an iRobot platform. Have a look at the number of sensors, this thing has lots of computing power since is uses the Propeller microcontroller from Parallax. "This is an iRobot Create fitted with a Robot Arm I pulled from an old Radio Controlled vehicle. It uses a Propeller Protoboard and motor controllers and accelerometers from Parallax to control the
This Wifi Robot that Jonathan Bennett created is very well put together, best of all it was built on a budget. The five dollar base car that the hardware is mounted to is proof of that. "A remote control car that can be driven over the internet or with a laptop wirelessly from up to 500m away. It has a live-feed network camera so that it can be driven
We have seen some decent sized miltitouch systems in the past but this Multitouch Table by NUI is huge! I guess when the project is worth 60 billion dollars like the Cityscape Abu Dhabi nothing but the latest and greatest display will do. "NUI successfully conceptualized, designed, built and delivered a customized interactive multi-touch solution, which was demonstrated at Citscape Abu Dhabi 2008, the International Property Investment and Development
The Robocut is an interesting lawn cutting robot. It is great because you build it yourself and it’s powered by a Parallax Stamp Microcontroller. Just like iRobot did for the Roomba, RoboCut has the ability for the purchaser to play with the design and come up with their own idea for the system operation. Have a look at the circuit board below, there’s even a small amount of prototype
This LED Coffee Table made by Spark Fun is one high tech piece of equipment! I am sure there will provide many hours of entertainment. "The table itself was bought secondhand and refinished. Then it was retrofitted with proper mounting for the big LED matrix. The individual LED matrices were mounted on a custom plastic frame. All this work was done by resident mechanical engineer and lady-killer Casey Haskell.
The Arduino Microcontroller is taking the DIY community by storm. I have seen Arduino projects everywhere lately! Have a look at some of the links below for some cool project ideas. "Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from
Book automated systems have a similar look but this Automated Book Scanning Robot called ScanBot seems like the scanning system it uses may be one of the best. It appears to use a vacuum to hold the page firmly against the moving scanning head. I wonder if it ever flips two pages at once? "The book scanner ScanRobot® has been developed for the digitization of huge book inventories. The
