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This Beyblade battlebot is like a whirling dervish of destruction

Battlebots are fascinating, because their builders always manage to come up with unique new ways of destroying opponents while avoiding damage at the same time. Like any good sport, it involves metagaming to develop a strategy based on expected opponent strategies. Ari’s strategy was to make a translational drift (or “melty brain”) combat robot that […]

Boards:Nano ESP32
Categories:Arduino

Replicating two of history’s most iconic BattleBots with the Arduino UNO R4

When the BattleBots TV show first hit the airwaves in 2000, it felt like we were finally living in the future. Engineers and enterprising hobbyists from around the world would compete to build the most destructive robots, which then entered into televised mortal combat within an arena. The original series had many notable robots, but two of […]

Boards:Uno R4
Categories:Arduino

Roving Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots make the perfect Secret Santa gift

As part of what has become an annual holiday tradition, several YouTube makers coordinated their efforts this year for a Secret Santa exchange. Returning participant James Bruton drew Emily the Engineer and found inspiration for his gift from an automatic boxing glove that she built. Taking that idea and running with it, he created a […]

Boards:Nano
Categories:Arduino

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