Automated robotics is has always fascinated me. Kiva Systems makes a Robotic Warehouse system that is simply amazing. Just imagine not having employees needing to go out to shelves to retrieve product but rather have the product come you the employee. That is a cool concept but it does take a ton of technology and equipment. I have always wondered how long one of my Mouser order takes to get
Here is a cool battle between a Paintball toting Tank and the Paintball Sentry. Looks like the tank needs a bit more speed and punch to be able to be a contender. Thanks for the email Jeff. “I mounted a turret kit from our website to a Traxxas slash and pit it up against the paintball sentry”
I enjoy kicking back and watching a movie on my home theater, of course in my case I just have some extra equipment stuffed into my living room. I guess when you are rich and famous a dual purpose room isn’t good enough. That is why companies like Goldmund are in business designing and creating million dollar home theater rooms pumping more watts than my air conditioner sucks. “Today, we
The first 8 seconds of this short video looks like a nice little robot with 4 wheels and a raising and lowering center platform. After the 8 second mark this robot shows us what is cool with this robot! As it approaches the first raised step the platform is thrust upward to the top of its travel very quickly, the result is a jumping robot! The robotics department of the
The Geek Group has lots of interesting equipment but the Thumper Project is one of the most impressive. The system has gone through 7 revisions so far and more are in the works. Our friend Bob Davis has been making lots of similar devices but on a bit of a smaller scale. “Thumper is a High Energy DC Impulse Generator that is capable of producing a 1,800 Volt discharge of
Huge Tesla Coils are really cool but when you add a bit of art and danger into the mix that just makes it all that much better. Have a look at the video of the show that Arc Attack performed at the Maker Faire. If you got to see this live I am very jealous! Keep your eye on the Arc Attack show page to see them when they are
For indoor flight this Quadcopter uses 4 Sharp IR sensors, they are able to determine the range of obstacles by bouncing IR light off an object and calculate the angle of return. The flight is amazingly stable, this quadcopter allows for automatic takeoff, landing and hovering. “For the IR range finder (Sharp GP2Y0A02) I needed to use a separate Arduino Pro mini (again we don´t have any analog input free).
