Farrusco is a small robot based on the Arduino platform, in this case, is using a Motoruino wich is inspired on the Arduino but with a couple of enhancements – dc motor dual controller, servo and sensor plugs. With Farrusco you will be able to make it avoid obstacles, follow walls, enter in free space [...]
Rui Horta was invited to run a day called “Hoje Quem Manda Sou Eu” @ Pavilhão do Conhecimento, this was a day full of digital art, interactive installations and creative robotics. I exposed ICU and two Farrusco’s: What a great day!!! :)
I wanted to keep working with the XBee modules, and I thought it would be cool to control Farrusco. So, first I used 2 potenciometers and assigned one to each motor.. and then I used a nunchuck controller. Both require a learning curve and it’s only after a while that you start to feel the [...]
While coding new interactivity into this robot and trying to achieve better control on the way it moved, I thought it would be cool to see what happened if I mounted one little servo to hold a pen and asked it to write ‘LMR’ – the initials of the website: www.letsmakerobots.com The idea came from [...]
With a better understanding of robot building and navigation programming I came up with this robot! I think that the great improvement here was that I’ve made a plan of what I wanted to build and looked after solutions before the assemble process. So, this one came out a more successful robot!! This is my [...]
