The Latest in Hobby Robotics
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Tap into the network of passionate enthusiasts in the Lets Make Robots community. Frits Lyneborg and friends report on new tools and components, make cool projects, and give tips and ideas for awesome robots.
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| 1 | VideoRobotic 3D Carver of Invisible Stuff | Wouldn't it be amazing if you could make a machine that would make 3D models of phenomena otherwise invisible to you? It's fun to do, and it's is an amazing creative process to create a machine that produces something that you can hold in your hand from the invisible - and it's surprisingly easy. In this video I'll show you how to use simple materials to create some unexpected results. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoHow-To: Three Servos Walking Robot (video) | How do you make a walking biped robot, with only three servos? Without saying a word, Frits Lyneborg from letsmakerobots.com shows you his inventive way of doing just that! | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoHow-To: Drifting Robot Car (video) | Learn how to make a drifting robot car with a few cheap components and some simple code in this tutorial episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics. | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 19 | Chris the Carpenter is giving his wife a ride, Jaimie's robot is bigger than him, MarkusB keeps launching rockets, Stoerpeak has made a cheap robot arm that can copy moves, and LMR is written in sweets by mogul's m&m sorter #3. All this in what will be the last weekly version of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, as we're changing the format of the show to be a monthly tutorial video. | 8/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 18 | Kids and cheap RC cars is a bad mix. In reality kids cannot control these things. They end up slamming the car into things, and keep pressing “forward”, even when the poor vehicle is facing a wall. With the purpose of preparing you for some nifty programming tricks in the next episode of The Latest [...] | 8/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoEconoSpazzi Robot | Andrew Terranova from Let's Make Robots mods the Spazzi Robot project from MAKE 27 to use less expensive solenoids. He calls it the EconoSpazzi. | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 17 | In this week’s episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Frits Lyneborg is giving you two fun ideas for nerds with RC cars. The first and easier one is “build something new from the parts.” The second and more complex one is to upgrade your RC car with “computer assisted sliding control.” There is also [...] | 8/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 16 | Do you know how to make a robot, and could you come up with 100 inspiring ideas for cool robot projects? In this weeks episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Frits is taking up the challenge, starting out with the basics of robot building, and quickly moving on to something as cool as inventing [...] | 8/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 15 | Multicopters is an exciting new area of hobby robotics. They are also sometimes known as UAV’s, and essentially they are “flying hobby robots.” They are made with a center that holds micro controllers, sensors, receivers, transmitters, power and payload. Pointing out from the center are a number of pins holding motors and propellers. This is [...] | 7/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 14 | Walking on 2 feet is not that hard… or is it? The answer is “yes,” if you are a robot. Well, at least it’s an ongoing challenge. In this week’s edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Andrew and Frits are looking at some inspiring homemade biped robots. Here are links related to the show: [...] | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 13 | In this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Andrew and Frits are looking at a big question in life: “Why build a robot?” And they have at least one fun reason: Solve a challenge. Frits’s favorite challenge is discussed in the show: Crossing the Gap Challenge Also in this show, is featured music [...] | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 12 | In this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Frits and Andrew are looking at an interesting home made project: An environmental homemade robot, with some interesting moves, plus it’s own oxygen, hydrogen tank hooked up to a fuel cell. Finally there is a tip from OddBot on how to use the reset button [...] | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 11 | In this weeks episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Andrew and Frits are looking at some cool designs for home made robots. Here are links related to the show: Chris The Carpenters Steampunk robot Wikipedia on steampunk Robot 2 by Axbri Ant’s robots PetToyBot by mrkiss Learn how to make a robot Subscribe to [...] | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 10 | What type of robot builder are you? Find out in this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, where Frits has Jax from California as a guest. Here are links related to the video: Test yourself: Arty or Techie Gareth’s robot fireflies Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, [...] | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 09 | Welcome to this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, where Frits and Andrew are taking a fast tour of 10 cool hobby robot projects! Here are links to the projects in the video: CNC machine v2.1 – aka “Valkyrie Reloaded” Z-39 – made by CNC HXT900 Hexapod DAGU Robot Arm with Roboduino Control [...] | 6/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 08 | In this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Frits and Andrew are looking at an interesting collaborative attempt for hobbyists to get together across the globe to build the most advanced amateur humanoid robot, followed by some inspiration to show you how easy it has become to work with GPS! Links related to [...] | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoThe Latest In Hobby Robotics 07 | Frits Lyneborg is back in his workshop in Denmark, with his guest this week: Andrew “ignoblegnome” from New Jersey. The show is revealing great news for fans of The Yellow Drum Machine (tutorial in June’s upcoming MAKE Volume 27), and a look at a Matrix-inspired version of “The leave me alone box”. Links related to [...] | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 06 | In this weeks show, Rik and Frits are taking a look at one of the oldest, yet still most popular simple and fun hobby robot projects: “The Sumo”. Also in this show, a look at a very impressive piece of a hand made full metal robot that looks like it is ready to explore Mars. [...] | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoThe Latest In Hobby Robotics 05 | Here’s a weekly look into what some robot building nerds are doing for fun. In a special edition this week, we are happy to host with Mr. Ignoblegnome as a guest in Frits Lyneborg’s workshop. Links of interest: Ignoblegnome, see his robots here Frits Lyneborg, host Isotope’s Laydybug Nuumio’s LadyBugBot clone Skaterj10′s Freedom555bot Tyberius’s Giger [...] | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 04 | Rik and Frits Lyneborg from Let’s Make Robots! are back with an update on the latest and coolest developments in the hobby robotics scene. Links to projects highlighted this week: Patrickmccabe’s Lottery Simulation Geir Andersen’s Sea Rendering OddBot’s SplatBot MkII Mr g000ze’s Marblephone the Melody Machine Gareth’s ThunderBird 6 – Gold-Coin-Ring-BottleTop-Finder Subscribe to the MAKE [...] | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoThe Latest in Hobby Robotics 03 | Frits and Rik are back with another episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics! Find out about the coolest projects this week: LineIronBot (Hacked Iron Line Follower) by isotope Companion Bot by Emma Party Popper Alarm Clock by unigamer MontyPythonSillyWalkBot by TotoroYamada Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or [...] | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 21 Episodes |
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