The beautiful rubber band-powered artificial butterfly is helping researchers understand the flight of swallowtails. … Read More
On 08.23.10, In Robots/World Domination
If you’ve read this blog at all over the past few years, you’ll know we’re big fans of Kåre Halvorsen’s (aka Zenta) work. … Read More
On 08.14.10, In Robots/World Domination
Hey Instructabrarians, it’s July 27th and you know what that means!
Probably not because I just made it up, it’s PIXAR Animation Fan Week!
Folks, if you’ve ever seen my DIY PIXAR booth at the San Mateo Maker
Faire, you’ll know that I am a mega huge PIXAR fan. I absolutely
love their movies and …
By: SHIFT!
Originally from Instructables: exploring – popular on July 27, 2010, 5:41pm
On 08.13.10, In Crafts & Projects, Robots/World Domination
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. … Read More
On 08.11.10, In Robots/World Domination
Remember Big Dog? Well there is a new walking robot king in town. Cornell’s Ranger Robot has just broken the record for distance for a bipedal robot. It took over 65 thousand steps before the battery died! … Read More
