April 2016
Servo Magazine
Flexible Robotic Systems - Make Multiple Robots from Reusable Components
Features
How to Make Multiple Robots Using Servo Building Blocks
For more variety, you can make a lot of different robots using the same parts.
Serving Raspberry Pi — Part 4
Choosing sensors to use on a Raspberry Pi based robot platform.
The ROV Manatee - Part 2
Build Your Own Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle — Part 2: The Electronics Package
Animatronics for the Do-It-Yourselfer — The Eyes Have It
Focusing attention on the eyes of animatronics characters can really bring them to life.
A Neural Network Controlled Robot Without Backpropagation
Explore ways of letting a robot learn by applying techniques used by animals.
Projects
Building the KReduCNC - Part 2
Build a portable CNC machine. Part 2
Columns
Twin Tweaks
by Bryce Woolley, Evan Woolley
Tanks for the Memories
Robots with Tracks
Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
When Technology Fails
When technology fails, it can have devastating results.
Mind / Iron
by Bryan Bergeron
Specifications: Believe Them or Not
I’m working on a sound localization project based on three microphones — each connected to an Arduino — and a fourth Arduino connected to a Mac running Processing.
Ask Mr. Roboto
by Dennis Clark
Your Robot Problems Solved Here (04.2016)
Correcting buggy Arduino code for an Atari-style joystick, and the lack of a print function in UECIDE.
Combat Zone
Wheel Guards: Maximum Exposure
Wheel protection is an often debated subject in the robot combat world. Let's take a close-up look.
Robot Throwdown: SoCal Makercon 2015
Action report and results.
HORD 2015: Con on the Cob
Action report and results.
Heavyweight Propulsion — A Trio of Power
Of all that are out there, three motors have often found themselves the cream of the crop for combat robot drivetrains. But how do they stack up against each other on the large-scale bot circuit?