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Pretty Small Robot

wattnotions10 months ago10 months ago03 mins

A less ambitious attempt at making a small robot. It’s not tiny, or micro, but it is pretty small. It measures 31x45x30.5mm(LxWxH) Tried to keep it as simple as possible. The chassis is 3d printed apart from two bearings that are also required. The general assembly philosophy adopted for this robot was “clips good, glue…

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µBOT v3 – project update

Shane Ormonde3 years ago10 months ago06 mins

v3 was really really close to working. The PCB arrived and I assembled it: This picture was taken towards the end of the day. There are actually three steppers attached here. The one on the bottom left is different to the rest as I ran out of the threaded rod type stepper. The stepper on…

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µBOT v3 – An experiment in making a small robot (part 1)

Shane Ormonde3 years ago10 months ago15 mins

This idea of making a small robot has been knocking around my head for the past few years. Here is the original design (v1) from a few years ago: I made a mistake when programming the “fuses” on the AVR chip which meant it was effectively bricked. For some reason I never came back to…

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Spooky Alexa mask documentation

Shane Ormonde3 years ago10 months ago38 mins

This is the animatronic mask made by Keith Colton for the 2019 Dublin Maker Faire. This post will document the assembly and the current electronics being used. All images can be clicked on to view the full resolution image. Mechanical Assembly: In this photo you can see the animatronic mechanism. There are three servos in…

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  1. Raspi zero W pov cam robot – wattnotions on Pretty Small Robot – First Working PrototypeOctober 2, 2023

    […] is all part of the bigger plan mentioned here about making some kind of game involving one (or more)…

  2. wattnotions on Messing about with trilaterationSeptember 27, 2023

    Not unnecessarily complicated enough :D

  3. Mikhail Grushinskiy on Messing about with trilaterationSeptember 26, 2023

    Why don’t you just use GPS with 2 cm accuracy which is achievable with RTKLib?

  4. Sean on Pretty Small Robot – First Working PrototypeSeptember 21, 2023

    Hi

  5. Maria on Low power magnetic hold and release mechanismAugust 25, 2023

    From where i can read out more about it. Do you have any suggestive readings?

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