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Robot Bootcamp is our newest series and a great place to get started in the world of robotics.
In Episode 2, Andrew shows off the wide world of robot controllers. From the Arduino to the Raspberry Pi, Andrew will go over trade offs of different controllers and when you might want to use each board.

0:31 – Robotis Controllers
1:25 – Microcontrollers
4:51 – Phidgets & Netduino
6:04 – SBCs & Embedded Computers

It’s always interesting to see robot creations from many years ago. You can learn a lot from some old ideas, and what people did when they didn’t have the technology (or access to it) that we have today. This robot here is a flute playing robot. In the video they point out all of its degrees of freedom. Also worthy of note are its lungs.

Here’s a video of the robot in action!

The Doodle Bot Kit from Dagu is a nice way to get beginners interested in robotics. It can write and draw messages on white board or paper. Its brains are powered by an Arduino compatible microcontroller, and the robot can be powered with 4x AAA batteries.

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Here is a video of the Doodle Bots in action:

One of the excellent features of the Doodle Bot is that it can be easily modified to add on more functionality to it. As you can see in the ‘Wiring up the robot!‘ step, there are many pins available to add on more sensors or actuators.

Be sure to read more about this robot, and even build it yourself!

Here is a cool find on Instructables, Soft Robots: Make An Artificial Muscle Arm And Gripper

In addition to the cool way this is created, I like how mikey77 is thinking about how this type of robot will be good to interact with humans. Soft robots would definitely cause less injuries, so if they are working in a crowded environment, it would definitely be a good idea to apply them there!

If you’re interested in trying to make your own soft robot, check out the Instructable here.

Join us this week for another exciting edition of the Robot Party! Grab your robots and tell your friends, hope to see cool robots there!

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The Robot Party is a weekly Google+ hangout that brings together robot builders from all over to share their robots, knowledge, and ask questions! It is for all age ranges, young or old, just bring your robot!

The Robot Party is every Thursday at 8PM ET (UTC-4)! If you have a robot, join the hangout on Google+ HERE! Be sure to leave a comment on one of the posts so we can add you to our circles for the party. If you don’t have a robot/don’t want to be in the hangout, you can watch the mirrored stream on this page!

Hope to see ya there, Robot Party ROCKSTAR! ;)

Over at LetsMakeRobots.com, they have a great community of robot builders. They also have a fantastic example of how to get in to robotics, with the “Start Here” robot.

Read on for a video tutorial and more details!

Here is a video tutorial that gives you the scoop on this robot!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6oJ7RqsUlw

If you are interested in building up your own ‘Start Here’ robot, be sure to check out the rest of the tutorial! Good luck, and let us know if you make a robot like this.