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Robots Hacks |
 | Absolutely EPIC Paintball Gun Robot
Wow! This paintball marker robot is absolutely stunning. While we've seen similar DIY paintball robots in the past, this project is far more advanced featuring:
Robot Features:
Remote Control from 700 feet away
Night vision camera
Accuracy... |
 | Fantastic "Beer Pong" Robot uses Precision Air Pressure
Students at the University of Illinois have created a precision method of sorting different objects and shooting them across a room (perfect for beer pong). You've probably seen a similar demo in a physics classroom : a jet of compressed... |
 | Mobile Backyard Movie Theater Robot
Having your own movie projector is awesome, but who wants to haul your screen, projector, DVD player and cables out to your backyard for a movie? The superb robot above contains the projector, screen, mirror, battery, speakers, DVD player, and... |
 | DIY 3D Printing at Home with MakerBot
If you've ever dabbled in 3d modeling, creating a design from nothing is an outstanding feeling. If only you could somehow export it to the real world...but 3D printers cost thousands of dollars, right? Wrong! While most high end 3d printers... |
 | Build a Wifi Enabled Spy Robot
Building a WiFi spy robot actually isn't as difficult as you may have imagined – or at least it isn’t when it can be built in “a couple of hours†according to this guide. These guys show you how to build a WiFi spy-bot... |
 | DIY Solar Powered Beam Robot Miniball
This solar powered beam robot charges up a capacitor which powers motors and propels the "hamster ball" forward. The sphere runs in the direction of movement of the device inside and it's also a basic example of what BEAM Robotics is all... |
 | Near Space Photography for Under $150
Believe it or not, it's possible to take high quality photos of near-space using parts for under $150. It's been done by a group of MIT students and hobbists and you can do it too. Typically this is done by simply lifting a camera as high... |
 | 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
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
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... |
