MAKE ROBOTS How-To Videos & Articles

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 dive into the latest and hottest ...more

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Curated last month by rmansur | Comments 0
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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 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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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MAKE ROBOTS (93 How-Tos)

Tattoo Yourself (or Your Girlfriend)

Henna. Beautiful, fun, exotic... and best of all... Do-It-Yourself (with a little practice). Also, unlike tattoos, it's temporary. Henna generally lasts for 1-3 weeks. An ancient tradition, henna is ...

The Mother of all Ping Pong Guns - LETHAL

The lethal pneumatic ping pong gun. This thing isn't exactly wife approved. Creator Ron Kessinger built this mighty powerful ping pong launcher - "a variation on a potato cannon, built to run on ...

Old Bumper Cars Go Street Legal

Flickr user MR38 has posted a set of photos of bumper cars made street legal, as displayed at the annual Cruisin’ Grand festival in Escondido, California. This mini cars were retrofitted with 750 cc ...

Human Powered Ferris Wheel

According to Google's (albeit rough) translation from French to English: "A big wheel in India that does not work with an engine but using human power. Men throw themselves in front of the wheel ...

Make-It-Yourself LEGO Gummies

Turkey day is over, and you have this nice Friday-Saturday-Sunday stretch before it's back the daily grind. Here's a project that inspires both young and old: LeGummies brick shaped gummy candies ...

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