Robots Hacks

Geo-Location Game “Urban Defender” using Arduino

Geo-Location Game "Urban Defender" using Arduino

By using an Arduino, GPS, and an accelerometer, this group put together the "Urban Defender" - A hyper-local geolocation based game which allows users to "claim" various districts of a city by throwing the ball against a wall to claim the...
Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock

Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock

Here's a fantastic project using an arduino, a motor, and a piezo sensor which allows you to both record and detect knocking patterns to unlock a door.  The video below does a fantastic job of demonstrating how it works: It's completely mobile...
Inspiration: Rise of the Scrap Metal Robots

Inspiration: Rise of the Scrap Metal Robots

They say that Michelangelo saw a masterpiece in every block of stone. Some of these creative minds see a robot in a pile of household junk.  More precisely - a junk robot, or junkbot as they're called.  Little metal creations made from discarded...
Build a Coffee Maker into Your PC

Build a Coffee Maker into Your PC

Ah, the sweet pleasures of a fresh cup of coffee brewed at the click of a mouse, literally. This hacker shoved an entire coffee maker inside (and partially outside) of his PC which is controlled by a simple Visual Basic application. Now you...
DIY Batman-Style Secret Bookcase Passageway

DIY Batman-Style Secret Bookcase Passageway

Getting his inspiration directly from the Wayne Manor, this DIYer created his own secret "William Shakespeare sculpture" button to access a hidden passageway.  It's a dirt simple circuit, basically the button activates a motor and presto, we have...
Incredible R2D2 Hack has 8 Consoles + Projector

Incredible R2D2 Hack has 8 Consoles + Projector

Here's an outstanding project for all you Star Wars fans.  This guy took an R2D2 cooler and turned it into a retro gaming machine!  Inside are eight consoles and a even a projector mounted in the head just like R2D2.  Perfect!  Now you can...
Top 5 Outstanding Wall Climbing Robots

Top 5 Outstanding Wall Climbing Robots

Violating the laws of gravity has been a dream of inventors for centuries. Five teams of scientists have finally fulfilled their fantasies by creating these exceptional wall scaling robots. Each one uses a different technique to conquer the wall...
Build your own AutoGyro Flying Machine

Build your own AutoGyro Flying Machine

An Autogyro is an odd, yet fascinating flying machine which uses a helicopter rotor for lift while a standard plane rotor provides thrust. You can learn to build a DIY autogyro yourself and even build autogyro models using miniature servos. Heck,...
The SpiderBot: Amazing Climbing Robot

The SpiderBot: Amazing Climbing Robot

Spiderman isn’t the only one who can climb walls anymore: Crawling its way out of a robotics lab comes Spidey’s robot alter ego. Not exactly in android form yet, the robotic contraption is more of a study in motion planning but is still a cool...
Inspiration: Robotics and Steampunk Ray Gun Gallery

Inspiration: Robotics and Steampunk Ray Gun Gallery

It's certainly true that one man's junk is another man's treasure.  Just take a look at these incredible works of art which have risen from the scrap piles, fashioned out of odds and ends. Some might call it junk art, but looking at the whole...