UFOs, Government Secrets, and the Unknown Laws of Physics
by Bryan Bergeron
Regardless of whether you believe in UFOs and regardless of whether they exist, I think it’s a useful exercise to envision a future and then work backwards to where we are today.
September/October 2018
Servo Magazine
Features
Unified Robotics: Bringing Everyone Together
by Holden Berry
Bring STEM to the Special Olympics.
iRobot Create2 + Raspberry Pi = PiCreate
See how easy it really is to hack a Roomba.
A Self-Guiding Robot Build Using ROS and a Single-Board Computer
Build a functioning robot with ROS that knows how to follow humans.
The Biggest and Smallest 555 You’ll Ever See!
An up-close and personal look at the ubiquitous 555.
Controlling Robots Over the Internet
Controlling a robot from a remote location is easier than you think.
Ultrasonic Radar Refresher — Part 5
by Dan Harres
Tutorial on active sensing with ultrasonic radar.
Projects
The ROBOEAR
by Brian Beard
Sound direction detection for robots. How difficult could it be?
Columns
The Combat Zone
by Sarah Malyan
When a Community Comes Together
The birth of Bugglebots in the U.K.
Twin Tweaks
by Bryce Woolley, Evan Woolley
Putting BattleBots in Double Jeopardy
The evolution of the punkin chunker to a BattleBot’s contender.
Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
A Robot in Every Home
The state of things with capable home robots.
Combat Zone
Can a little girl really build fighting robots?
by James Baker
April is 11 years old and has been designing and building heavyweight fighting robots for two years.
Meeting your Heroes. Then fighting them to the death.
Fighting Team Warhead at BattleBots.
When a Community Comes Together
by Sarah Malyan
The birth of Bugglebots in the U.K.
Fachan: A Dangerous Fairyweight — Part 2: Getting the Parts
by Pete Smith
Designing a Fairyweight version of my Beetleweight and Antweight combat robot kits.
Departments
Improve Your Workflow with These Five Bots
by Donna Howard
Using chatbots to become more productive at work.