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.
