Scott's Bots Robot Articles
Filed Under: Reviews,
Posted on: October 27, 2005
This is a 32 channel serial servo controller with two modes of operation: Group Move & Mini-SSC II emulation.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: December 2, 2005
I have added the
JavaRobots project at SourceForge.
Filed Under: Guides,
Posted on: May 8, 2007
Instructions for installing UBUNTU 6.10 on a VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX. This is a simple 5 step process and you will need the alternate i386 ISO.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: December 29, 2006
Go to my new
online store.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: March 14, 2007
I talked about my robot Feynman6 at the Central Ohio Java Users group on Tuesday March 13, 2007.
Filed Under: Guides,
Posted on: May 8, 2007
To work on Carnot, I decided to go into .Net and create a web server that responds to my serial commands. It's a simple .exe that takes a serial input on the command line and it works great for the SSC (Scott Edwards Servo Controller).
Filed Under: Reviews,
Posted on: May 8, 2007
If you are looking for a good book that takes you beyond the basics, David Cooks's Intermediate takes you to the next level.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: September 6, 2007
For those Basic Stamp 2 users out there. Just use RCTIME with a simple circuit. Depending on the values of your capacitor and resistors you can equate your RCTIME value to your voltage.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: September 27, 2007
I have been working on a smaller version of a robot than
Feynman 6, called Feynman Jr. I have also begun to refactor my Java API so that it will work with my new robots.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: January 20, 2008
I was able to take Feynman Jr. and Carnot to CodeMash 2.0.0.8. The conference was awesome and I learned a little about my robots during the event.
Filed Under: Guides,
Posted on: February 27, 2008
It's taken me a few years, but I finally got a webcam working in Ubuntu. Click for the steps I took to get it working. Next, text-to-speech.
Filed Under: Guides,
Posted on: February 27, 2008
I was also able to install Text To Speech via Festival and Festvox (voices).
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: June 18, 2008
Well after a year or so I have updated the look and feel of the site.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: January 23, 2009
I have updated
Feynman Jr and
Feynman 7.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: February 4, 2010
I was thinking of making a kit and assembly instruction video on building a robot in 10 minutes.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: February 9, 2010
I am in the process of creating another book on robotics programming. Simpler, easier to read and use, including a DVD with all the source code and a Virtual Machine.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: February 25, 2010
Another idea that I've been working on is creating a book that's about computer vision.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: March 4, 2010
Of all the things I wish I could have purchased off-the-shelf, it would have been a brain.
Filed Under: Reviews,
Posted on: March 5, 2010
A great introduction to robotics. If you're going to start building robots, get this book today!
Filed Under: Ubuntu,
Posted on: March 5, 2010
I've long had a problem with using two web cameras at the same time in Windows and Linux. But now I've solved the problem and have Stereo Vision on my robot, Feynman 7.
Filed Under: Misc,
Posted on: March 15, 2010
I've added a new robot Feynman Jr. 2. The goal of this robot is to follow me around.
