More about robots (229)

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 | A (frequently unfulfilled) ambition of every robot builder is to make their machine capable of autonomous navigation. This is an ideal appli...

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...

1-07-2007 | In this Summer Circuits issue with robots as its theme, we can hardly afford to overlook the RoboCup. The RoboCup is a collective internatio...

1-07-2007 | Service robots of the future will most likely need to act on spoken commands and be able to recognise voices. This article takes a look at o...

1-02-2007 | As processors become ever more powerful we are witnessing the rise of more ’intelligent’ systems. We now look to sophisticated robots to ass...

1-02-2005 | Making a robot walk instead of drive around on wheels can be a daunting task. The author of this Walking Bug came up with a remarkably simpl...

1-12-2004 | This simple robot, which responds to light and avoids obstacles, can be built without using a microcontroller, programmer or PC. The only ‘s...

1-02-2003 | While the subject of chess using large computers can be dealt with in short order (the computer always wins), this project is intended to re...

1-07-2002 | Mindstorms, the by now well-known series of robot construction materials from Lego, has already been the subject of several articles in Elek...