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DIY all-terrain Robotic Lawn Mower — Initial design

January 22, 2018May 27, 2020 tim 0 Comments

I’ve been working on the design for an all-terrain robotic lawn mower for awhile.  I’ve purchased and used two major

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CNC mini-mill first part solid model
Robot Building Tools 

First CNC mini-mill part

March 18, 2012September 23, 2016 tim 0 Comments

Setting up the mini-mill went fairly smoothly but it took awhile to get the all the settings in EMC2 correct. 

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Taig CNC mini-mill close-up
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CNC Mini-mill for Under $1350 dollars

March 18, 2012September 23, 2016 tim 0 Comments

Making robot parts can be tough without the right tools, this post will show you how to procure a great

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Robot Building Basics 

How to Calculate Your Robot’s Speed or Velocity

February 18, 2012September 23, 2016 tim 0 Comments

Calculating the speed of your robot creations is a basic skill for good robot building.  I hope the below tutorial

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Simple Line Following Robot SLFv1
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Simple Line Follower Part III — Programming and Debugging the Robot

January 29, 2012September 23, 2016 tim 0 Comments

Here’s the completed simple line following robot: We choose a Pololu Mini Maestro 24-channel processor for this project.  Here’s the

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Robot Parts For Sale 

Dual H-bridge DC motor driver 35vdc 2 amp L298N

January 4, 2012September 23, 2016 tim 0 Comments

This is a great and inexpensive dual h-bridge for simple robotics projects!   This motor driver can supply up to 2

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Simple line follower robot sensor array
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Simple Line Follower Part II — Sensor array & electronics

January 2, 2012September 23, 2016 tim 0 Comments

This is the second part of a three part series showing how to a make a simple line following robot. 

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