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Robot Taxonomy
July 11, 2006 - 8:36pm — twHaving been playing with various electronic gadget designs that might or might not be considered “robots,” and recently thinking about buying a Roomba, I was wondering what my own working definition of a robot actually is. Here’s what I came up with while washing the dishes. read more...
DingBot in beta
June 25, 2006 - 3:45pm — tw
The first DingBot unit is now finished and in use! read more...
PrayBot deployed
June 21, 2006 - 2:38pm — tw
With a few new ideas for the last mechanical bits having arrived during my shower this morning, and a subsequent frenzy of Dremeling and hot-glueing, the PrayBot was in place and functional for the start of Summer! read more...
DingBot PCBs
June 18, 2006 - 8:56pm — tw
The printed circuit boards for two DingBot units. Made by Advanced Circuits, and I think the quality’s great. Their standard prototype package doesn’t include solder mask or silk screen, but that’s fine for these prototypes. It also doesn’t include interior routing, but a few quick passes with the Dremel took out the corner bites and enlarged some of the holes I had goofed up.
Looking forward to getting these assembled and in their boxes!
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