Elon Musk and his team of the best engineers in the world is changing the way people think. They are introducing more than just a magnificent car, they are changing the way manufacturing is being done today. Majority of the factory is automated and it’s bringing manufacturing back to America. By using hundreds of multifunctional KUKA robots they … Read More →
DeltaMaker Delta 3d Printer on Kickstarter.com
Time-laps making things grow… Real-time printing… Official Kickstarter Video on the DeltaMaker Printer..
Crazyflie – A platform to build quad-copter projects from
Crazyflie is a building platform for makers that are interested in a Quad-copter that they can hack and add special features to. Its a palm size Quad-copter that can be assembled in very little time. It is very small, agile and for less than $200 its amazing value. The video below demonstrates its capabilities… For more details have a look at … Read More →
Family Robotics – Beatty Robotics
I find it pretty amazing to see families work as a team. A great example of this is the Beatty family. They have so many great projects behind them that I really need to congratulate them on their achievements… 😉 Here are a few of the projects that caught my eye: Creepy Crawler Robot Hexapod with amazing control over each … Read More →
Configuring Grbl (Arduino Based CNC-Controller)
Start by getting to know the shortcut keys Ctrl + X = Restart Grbl ! = Pause $ = Help ? = Current Position/Status $$ = Current Settings $x=val – ‘x’ being the number of the setting to be changed and ‘val’ being the new value. $H = Homing Cycle return to X,Y,Z = O.O Basic … Read More →
Arduino Fuse settings
I recently worked on converting GRBL to work on the Arduino Mega. There were some issues with the Fuse configuration. Luckily Cody Snyder has done a great job of mapping out all the Arduino Micro-controller Fuse values…. Arduino Uno Low Fuse 0xFF High Fuse 0xDE Extended Fuse 0×05 Arduino Duemilanove or Nano w/ ATmega328 Low Fuse 0xFF High … Read More →
Openbeam used for building a Large Format Camera
Openbeam is very handy and can be used for all kinds of projects…. Elizabeth Graves used it to build a Large Format Camera.
Amazing Warehouse Automation (Little orange rack lifting robots)
Kiva systems has created a warehouse system that fetches racks and even laser points the items that needs to be picked. Very simple but effective system that increases warehouse productivity 200-300%.
Amazing Delta/Parallel Robot Video’s
A series of videos about Delta/Parallel robots including: History of Delta robots. High speed Delta robots.(Well over 30G’s of acceleration) Different Delta robot designs with things like extendable arms,work with cables and rack & pinion. High precision industrial Delta robots Five-bar parallel robot generating acceleration of up to 25G’s. SCARA robot going crazy with some steel ball’s. Delta 3D Printer (Rostock) Calibrating. Giant … Read More →
Quick GRBL setup guide for Windows (Arduino G-Code Interpreter)
UPDATE ! ! ! 1. We have created and Arduino Library for GRBL. This makes its much easier to flash GRBL to your Arduino Board. http://blog.protoneer.co.nz/grbl-arduino-library 2. We have given back to the GRBL project and developed a ARDUINO CNC SHIELD that is 100% GRBL compatible.(Click here for more details) This is a quick guide on … Read More →
