This post is about three years late, but I’m catching up. Combat robots like Battlebots are seeing something of a revival right now. The ones on the Battlebots show are 250lbs, and cost tens of thousands of dollars – most of that in batteries. Much more accessibly, there are a bunch of regional competitions,… Read More: 1 Pound Combat Robot »
Quite some time ago now, I wanted to make some of remote control car. And, also, eventually turn it into an autonomous sumobot or similar. This project was done a few years ago, but I’m writing it up now. In the interest of getting something into my hands that I can iterate on, I did… Read More: The Worst RC Car in the World »
There isn’t really any story behind this. I have a joystick module, and it would be pretty simple to hook it up to a motor and use it for a remote control car. I decided on a few parameters: No microcontroller. Where’s the challenge in that? Joystick wired directly to the car. Wireless… Read More: Vroooom »