Scott's Bots News

Book Review - Robot Building For Beginners

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

A great introduction to robotics. If you're going to start building robots, get this book today!

Stereo Vision with Ubuntu

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

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.

Need A Robot Brain?

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Of all the things I wish I could have purchased off-the-shelf, it would have been a brain.

Computer Vision Book / Face Recognition

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Another idea that I've been working on is creating a book that's about computer vision.

Coming Soon A New Robotics Book

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

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.

Want to Build A Robot in 10 minutes?

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

I was thinking of making a kit and assembly instruction video on building a robot in 10 minutes.

Updated 2 Robots

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:38 -0500

I have updated Feynman Jr and Feynman 7.

Updated Site

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:13:05 -0400

Well after a year or so I have updated the look and feel of the site.

Ubuntu Text-To-Speech TTS

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:56:18 -0500

I was also able to install Text To Speech via Festival and Festvox (voices).

Finally an Ubuntu Webcam

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:17:33 -0500

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.