I just got the project page up for Wilf's Improved Pummer. You can see it here: http://akapplegarth.us/index.php?page=pummer-2 It is almost done. I am...
Just posted a pic of a light-powered vibrabot in my (Jonjb's) Photo album. The motor comes from a salvaged Xbox controller. I know the bot works from holding...
Does anyone know how low of a voltage you can efficiently run an 08M picaxe microcontroller at? I'm building a christmas lights type project with flashing...
Has anyone seen Hexbug Nano's(TM????). I've seen them carried at the local radio shack and sort of broke down and bought two! So much for ten bux apiece. These...
Well, I blew it. I missed it. By just over a week. Blame me, blame me... to darn busy getting ready for a trip to realize how quick things were happening. In...
I learnt something interesting recently that others may not know, the laser from CD and DVD players have a photodiode built in. That's why CD player lasers...
I am not too certain about the instructions for wiring in "Herbie the photovore's" eyes. Do I solder the negative leads to Pin 6 on the LM386 and positive...
I've had mixed results with kits. Seems I often do better building robots from scratch. Yesterday I tried building a symet from a kit. The solar engine was...
Hello All, another Games has come to pass and I think it was one of the best yet. I would like to thank all the volunteers without whom the Games would not be...
Hey All, I had posted some info on my new walkman type bot, specifically it's ability to run. How it works is by selecting another set of resistors, or...
Hey guys, Kieth, John, Here is a link with instructions, etc: http://hackaday.com/2009/06/23/how-to-build-your-own-spot-welder/ This is a great site for hacks...
I am building a very small version of Wilf's uCrawler using a planetary geared pager motor from solarbotics. I have built the circuit and directly attached...
I"m rejoining the group after a long break. I think I was overwhelmed with the various message digests I was getting in my yahoo mailbox. So happens the...
Greetings contestants! We're please to make two big announcements: 1) ComBots Cup IV returns this Dec 18-19th in San Mateo. This event is for combat robots...
Tim sent beam@yahoogroups.com a message on Facebook. Way back in Dec 2005, Wilf Rigter and Eric Cuzzort helped me design a circuit for a nocturnal QLF (...
I finished a Stiquito... It's motive power is from Flexinol, a memory wire. I am not sure how well it could be made into a beamish bot. The recovery time on...
After several shipments from around the globe the first part of my quest is under way. I've got a miller photopopper using 1381J's laid out on my breadboard...
Dear friends, I'm a Brazilian cultural producer. I'm involved in an event scheduled for July/2010 (São Paulo/Brazil) and I'd like to invite Mark Tilden for a...
Canadian BEAMers might be interested in the motorized tape measure now on sale for $2.99 at Princess Auto. Looks like it might have a nice little gearmotor...
Hi everybody!!, i was looking for information about beam theory. I ve seen the circuits over here but all of them are timer-based. I mean i heart to mark...
I am making my first beam bot (http://www.beam-wiki.org/wiki/Herbie_line_follower).I had two questions: 1)Can I use a reverse biased IR LED as a IR sensor (I...
I keep seeing comments about using biocore circuits for a walker on tutorials and all the tutorials presume that you know what they are. Just starting out and...
Hello everyone! I'm Cristi. I'm confused about something: can I use a 74C14 chip (with 14 pins and 6 inverters) and a motor driver (with 6 tranzistors) to...
Hello Everybody, I recently had an idea about building an exoskeleton arm and how to go about it. I thought that using worm gear motors and a skeleton of...
I want to make a millerpopper with as shown here: http://solarbotics.org/library/circuits/bot_popper_miller.html I hope to use a 9V solar cell to help it along...
I was wondering if there is a book on how to use a breadboard? I've made simple beam things but nothing major...yet. I can read a simple schematic. But if my...
I've become interested in the mazibug v3 design with it's phototropic/phobic abilities and the reversing circuitry. On the outset, it seems a good fit for my...
A robot suit to help the disabled walk, climb, Lift Weights and more was recently developed by the Japanese to help people who suffer from strike-induce...
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