Category Archives: Robotics

A Bluetooth-Controlled Robot

Posted on 2011-07-29 by M. Eric Carr

Controlling a walking robot wirelessly, via Bluetooth. (Plans and source code included.) Continue reading →

Posted in Android, BASIC, Coding, Digital, Drexel, Electronics, Level 4, PIC Microcontrollers, Projects, Robotics, SIGMA Walking Robot | 8 Comments

Magic Carpet Ride (Segway review)

Posted on 2011-04-16 by M. Eric Carr

A quick review of what it’s like to ride a Segway. Continue reading →

Posted in Analog, Digital, Digital Citizenship, Electronics, Robotics, Toys | Leave a comment

Windows 98 Speed Limit

Posted on 2011-01-24 by M. Eric Carr

Windows 98 doesn’t like modern, high-speed CPUs. Here’s a timer fix to prevent NDIS crashes. Continue reading →

Posted in Digital, Drexel, Nostalgia, Robotics, System Administration | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

A step in the right direction

Posted on 2009-07-23 by M. Eric Carr

Well, that would explain it… The reason that the quadruped robot was doing the “funky chicken” instead of walking smoothly was mostly due to a major bug in the gait angle calculations. The angle of the leg is the sum … Continue reading →

Posted in Coding, Digital, PIC Microcontrollers, Robotics, SIGMA Walking Robot | 1 Comment