Christian Tavernier (49)

1-07-2007 | Unless your robot is frugal enough to make do with primary cells without breaking the bank, or is environmentally-friendly and runs off sola...

1-07-2007 | When we’re not using a stepper motor to ensure precise positioning of a robot element, it can be used as a traction motor, in place of the s...

1-07-2007 | Creating a robot capable of following an exact course without needing any external physical help — like a line marked on the ground, for exa...

1-07-2007 | If your mobile robot’s sole function is to roam about the tiling or wooden floors of your home, it’s not very likely to have much need of th...

1-07-2007 | More than any other electronics project, these days a robot can virtually not manage without at least one microcontroller to run it. So of c...

1-07-2007 | Although the majority of robots built by amateurs move around using wheels or caterpillar tracks, two categories occupy a place apart becaus...

1-11-2006 | After a somewhat hesitant start the chipcard has finally come into its own. Whether it's a bankcard, a subscriber's card for viewi...

1-07-2006 | For many years now, magnetic (or electromagnetic) water descaler devices have been showing up on the shelves of Home Improvement and other D...

1-07-2006 | Creating a presence simulator function with a microcontroller is certainly very easy and has already been done many times in the past, but t...

1-07-2006 | The security of many electrical devices depends today on the availability of an earthed mains outlet. We should remember that these are conn...