MAKE A ROBOT How-To Videos & Articles

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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
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How to make a robot suit

Make a robot suit

To build a robot suit you will need a football toy chest, a medium sized trash can, two old camera flashes, heater vent cover, two old Sega ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Bobinski | Comments 0
Views 2,056

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 6,133

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 2,069

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 3,852

How to make a bristlebot (toothbrush robot, get it?)

Make a bristlebot (toothbrush robot, get it?)

The BristleBot is a simple and tiny robot with an agenda. The ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by 5min | Comments 12
Views 12,226

How to make a wooden red robot sculpture

Make a wooden red robot sculpture

Sculptor Chris Yates demonstrates how he makes a wooden red robot sculpture from start to finish.

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 0
Views 762

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 9,021

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 4 weeks ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 240

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 2,619

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 8,909

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 5,152

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 4,774

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 4,585

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 1,619

How to hack together the DIY video chat robot

Hack together the DIY video chat robot

Sparky is a wireless, web-based video-chat robot from the Gomi Style crew. You can learn how to make your own Autonomous Telepresence robot ...more

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Curated 10 months ago by bird crick | Comments 1
Views 1,565

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 2,485

How to set up and use a Gigapan robot

Set up and use a Gigapan robot

Illah Nourbakhsh of Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute teaches you how to set up and use your Gigapan robotic system. Watch all four ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 0
Views 825

How to make toy robot scorpions

Make toy robot scorpions

This scorpion toy was constructed by Make Magazine with a Twitchie Robot Kit. If you're afraid of real life scorpions this friendly toy ...more

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Curated 11 months ago by bird crick | Comments 2
Views 2,809

MLB Robot

MLB Robot

University of Tokyo and MIT join forces to create a high speed, three fingered, robot pitcher. From Pink Tentacle: "To demonstrate the ...more

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By rmansur | Comments 2
Views 1,635

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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 ...

Laser Coil Gun Shoots Bullets on Pure Electricity

Wow, kudos to Daniel Eindhoven for his incredible laser-lit coil gun. This bad boy shoots bullets on pure electricity and can shoot up to 85 km/hr. Daniel's specs: Fully semi-automatic, up to 14 shots ...

Who Says Gardening and Hot Dogs Don't Mix?

There, I Fixed It passes along an easy, redneck solution to grilling some dogs. All you need is a rake. Looking for something redneck, but a bit more fun? Look no further, electrocute that hot dog: ...

How Iron Man Shoulda Looked (if he wasn't all CGI)

Kogoro Kurata, master ironsmith, known for his massive, impressive metalworking. His creations are awe-inspiring. Any blacksmith or engineer would agree. Kurata: "Being an artisan means you need ...

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