Robots Hobbies & Toys

Make a motor from a plastic cup

How to make a motor from a plastic cup

This is an amazing experiment! Make a motor from a plastic cup. What is needed? Use two empty cola cans, a plastic (paper) cup, a ...

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Make an edible robot

How to make an edible robot

Want a robot that does more than just the ordinary old robot stuff? Well, how about one that's edible? In this video you'll see ...

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Recycle an old light bulb into a ship in a bottle

How to recycle an old light bulb into a ship in a bottle

Try this impossible bottle puzzle. You gotta hand it to Metacafe's ...

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Create a ship in a bottle

How to create a ship in a bottle

The ship in a bottle is an age old puzzle. The key to its mystery is pre-assembly, attention to detail and patience. Learn from a ...

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Build a water rocket

How to build a water rocket

Make a bottle rocket that can shoot over two hundred feet! Making an extremely powerful water bottle rocket is easy, and only ...

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How to make an edible robot

Make an edible robot

A five minute film on how to make your own edible robot. Edible robotics is an exciting new field of research into robots as food and prey ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 7
Views 9,043

How to build an android animatronic

Build an android animatronic

Systm is the Do It Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to ...more

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Curated last month by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to get started with robotics

Get started with robotics

If you are interested in starting with robotics, than this video is for you. Watch Bre Pettis create his own robot, and in the process learn ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by elquesogrande23 | Comments 0
Views 2,649

How to make a light sensing robot

Make a light sensing robot

Mousey the junk bot is a light sensing robot made out of an old computer mouse. Bre Pettis of Make Magazine goes over how the pieces are ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by elquesogrande23 | Comments 0
Views 6,160

How to make a Reprap robot

Make a Reprap robot

Check out this video to learn how to make a RepStrap robot. This project entails LOTS of materials. The only way you can learn what to use ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by WonderHowTo | Comments 0
Views 2,074

How to make miniature robots

Make miniature robots

Check out this Make Magazine segment on building mini robots. Then you can move onto huge ones like Big Dog! John Park builds some lively ...more

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Curated 8 months ago by rmansur | Comments 5
Views 8,967

How to build a beam bot twin motor robot base

Build a beam bot twin motor robot base

This robot is BEAM bot inspired. First we build up the Motor Drive, an excellent and cheap Robot Bot-Base. We start with the Tamiya kit ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie Coué Arbuckle | Comments 0
Views 5,165

How to build a mousebot robot from make magazine

Build a mousebot robot from make magazine

Herbie the Mousebot is a very quick, easy-to-build, light-chasing robot kit, perfect for beginners. This little robot is so quick, you have ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 4,785

How to make a robot spider

Make a robot spider

Here's how to make an electric motor with some wire. It looks like a cool spider.

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 11
Views 24,528

How to activate the wiimote for use with Robodance 4

Activate the wiimote for use with Robodance 4

Instructions on how to activate the Nintendo Wii controller for use ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by sakur221 | Comments 0
Views 385

How to build a Swashbot robot

Build a Swashbot  robot

This is a three part video on how to make a swashbot robot. Check it out!

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 1
Views 4,610

How to do an i-SOBOT backhand guestures with a wiimote

Do an i-SOBOT backhand guestures with a wiimote

Control an i-SOBOT with a wiimote. This tutorial shows how to do the ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by sakur221 | Comments 0
Views 346

How to do an i-SOBOT left side chop with a wiimote

Do an i-SOBOT left side chop with a wiimote

Control an i-SOBOT with a wiimote. This tutorial shows how to do the i-SOBOT Left_Side_Chop maneuver using Robodance and the Nintendo Wii ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by sakur221 | Comments 0
Views 238

How to do i-SOBOT dodge guestures with a wiimote

Do i-SOBOT dodge guestures with a wiimote

Control and i-SOBOT with a wiimote. This tutorial video shows how to do the i-SOBOT Dodge Left and Dodge Right maneuvers using Robodance ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by sakur221 | Comments 0
Views 320

How to give your "create" a brain

Give your "create" a brain

Control your "create" by giving it a brain. It looks sort of like a smoke detector.

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 0
Views 404

How to make a cockroach robot

Make a cockroach robot

Check out this instructional robot video that demonstrates how to make an cockroach robot (part two provides instructions on making an ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 1
Views 3,874

How to take apart stepper and encoder motors

Take apart stepper and encoder motors

If you are into self made robotics, chances are that you have a stepper or encoder motor at same point. Bre Pettis shows you how to take ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by elquesogrande23 | Comments 1
Views 1,441

How to use a wiimote to control a Lego robot

Use a wiimote to control a Lego robot

A video tutorial on how to use the wiimote to control a Lego NXT robot. Link to download GlovePie: http://carl.kenner.googlepages ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by cwiltz | Comments 1
Views 1,622

How to build a tinyCylon robot kit

Build a  tinyCylon robot kit

This week I made the tinyCylon kit from the Maker Shed. It's a fun little project that has a lot of cool light patterns programmed onto the ...more

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Curated 10 months ago by rmansur | Comments 1
Views 2,491

How to do an i-SOBOT double backhand with a wiimote

Do an i-SOBOT double backhand with a wiimote

Control an i-SOBOT with a wiimote. This tutorial shows how to do the i-SOBOT Double_Backhand maneuver using Robodance and the Nintendo Wii ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by sakur221 | Comments 0
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Robots (51 How-Tos)

Cai Guo-Qiang's (Literally) Explosive Art

Attention all WonderHowTo explosive-lovers, here is an artist that just may awe and inspire... China's Cai Guo-Qiang opts for more thrilling materials than traditional paint, clay or plaster, say ...

Roly-Poly Bridge

Heatherwick Studio's London based rolling bridge is an engineering marvel. Lots of fun, and immensely satisfying to watch (via YouTube, assuming you can't see it in person). From Heatherwick Studio: ...

Master Nerd Births Perfect Copy Cat Bot

Can't help but smile at this goofy, endearing nerd "master" (Vitalijus Rodnovas) guiding his copy-cat protege robot (coined Waldo). The rig allows Waldo to mimic Rodnovas' body movements in ...

Building-Sized Überorgan Emits Heavenly Music and Farts

Tim Hawkinson is an artist who truly inspires. The Los Angeles based artist creates complex, whimsical sculptures with simple mechanics and basic materials. One of his most notable pieces is the ...

Super Slim and Sexy Xbox Mod

iPods are getting smaller and smaller each year. Why not Xbox? Bandit5317 has made an 1-inch thick Xbox. The ultimate Xbox mod: super slim. Pay attention, Microsoft. The "Xbox Micro" has a ...

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