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A Halloween Arduino project

Stan — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 00:08:43 +0000

A simple Halloween themed project to add some animation and sounds to a cardboard skeleton cut-out. A PIR sensor at the top right corner (somewhat hidden under a clump of fake spider web) detects movement and triggers a hobby servo that …

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Experimenting with Sound Localization and Arduino

Wagner — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 04:55:58 +0000

Today I’m going to walk you through my experience trying to localize the source of a sound using Arduino. My goal with this was to add a feature to my robot that would make it more interactive and look more …

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Daisy – an Arduino autonomous obstacle avoidance robot

Stan — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:53:03 +0000

Daisy is an old “Discovery Kids” projection alarm clock turned into an autonomous obstacle avoiding bot. The brain is an Arduino Mini. Two small servos, modified for continuous rotation, are used for a differential drive and a combination of 3 …

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An Arduino self-balancing robot: working prototype

Stan — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 18:37:59 +0000

I spent some time reading on accelerometers, gyros, sensor fusion, PID, optimized PWM motor control. I tinkered with the components I have for a while and then procrastinated for even longer. Finally, I can say that I have a prototype …

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Arduino robot controlled from an Android phone via Bluetooth

Stan — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:46:10 +0000

Project overview This is a differential steering robot that can be controlled from an Android phone via Bluetooth. The robot’s “brain” is Arduino Uno compatible board (an “Arduino on a breadboard”). The robot uses a JY-MCU Bluetooth module for communication …

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“Betamax” Quadcopter test flight video

Stan — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 05:56:40 +0000

Today I tested my first ever quadcopter, built as part of a recent workshop at the Vancouver Hackspace (VHS) . My initial test flight lasted a whopping 10 seconds and ended with a spectacular crash on the concrete parking lot in …

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Arduino – Project 3 – “The gripper”

Wagner — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 05:48:14 +0000

An Arduino Uno controlling a small robotic arm that sorts balls in their respective containers based on the ball colour. A TCRT5000 IR sensor is used for basic colour detection. I’ve made some progress over the weekend. Check it out…

The Rover from the OWI 3 in 1 ATR kit enhanced for climbing

Stan — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 01:58:56 +0000

I recently bought the OWI 3 in 1 ATR (all terrain robot) kit from Amazon. What got my attention was its potential for hacking and re-use of its components. In the “Rover” mode the unit is pretty tightly packed. There …

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