- VertiBot is a neatly-constructed balancing robot. Pololu metal gearmotors, wheels, and a Qik dual serial motor controller were used for this project. By madefrutos, May 2013.
- Check out this kickstarter: the Linkbot modular robot by Barobo uses Pololu motors. May, 2013.
- This r-one research robot was designed to be low cost, so the Rice University researchers could make a swarm of robots. It uses our brackets, wheels and ball casters, and motors. By the Multi-Robot Systems Lab at Rice University, April 2013.
- Tiny Bot is an autonomous obstacle-avoiding robot tank that uses a Pololu track set. By Erik Kringen, April 2013.
- This balancing robot is controlled by a Raspberry Pi. The project web page explains the balance control algorithm. PiBBOT uses a Pololu MinIMU-9 v2, metal gearmotors with encoders, and Pololu wheels. By Mark Williams, April 2013.
- This gadget uses a Pololu Jrk and a linear actuator to help control the level of water in the tube, which can indicate the life of a video game character. By bfayer, April 2013.
- The Beatty family built a moving model of a Mars rover for the New York Hall of Science’s exhibit. They used a 12-channel Mini Maestro and step-down voltage regulators. April 2013.
- Jay May explains how to use the Micro Maestro to control his Iron Man suit. April 2013.
- Brian Douglas demonstrates the difference between open-loop and closed-loop control in an uncertain environment using a Zumo Robot. April 2013.
- This couple wanted an engineering-themed wedding, so they used e-textiles for their attire! The project used some Pololu voltage regulators. By Bill Porter, April 2013.
- This Japanese-style lamp was made from laser-cut parts and uses an RGB LED Satellite Module 001, a ShiftBar, and a Pololu Mini Maestro 12-channel servo controller. By Kevin Chang, April 2013.
- Fuzzbot, by a 12-year-old maker, helps clean the floors by dragging a dust cloth around while avoiding obstacles. The robot uses the Pololu Zumo Robot Kit for Arduino. By qtechknow, April 2013.
- This tank rover streams video to and can be controlled from a web browser. All rover functions are controlled directly by the Raspberry Pi with no additional microcontrollers. It uses our Pololu 30T Track Set, idler wheels, 150:1 Micro Metal Gearmotor MP, DRV8835 Dual Motor Driver Carrier, and Pololu Step-Down Voltage Regulator D15V35F5S3. By Michael Shimniok, April 2013.
- This fully-autonomous robot can detect and avoid objects, track moving objects, detect table edges, and detect level lights. The robot uses Sharp optical range finders and Pololu wheels. By voodoo, March 2013.
- This autonomous underwater vehicle uses a High-Power Motor Controller 18v15. Congratulations to Team BumbleBee on winning 2nd place in the 2013 Singapore AUV competition! By Team BumbleBee, March 2013.
- This robot is uses our Zumo robot kit, 75:1 micro metal gearmotors, and a Zumo reflectance sensor array. Instead of an Arduino it uses a Freescale FRDM-KL25Z as the microcontroller board, and sample code is available for line following and maze solving. By Erich, March 2013.
- This nifty gadget will make hooking up servos to the Wixel easier. By MartinSant, March 2013.
- Emma, a 2nd grader, put together this creative tri-fold poster of Vermont. She uses the Pololu Step-Down Voltage Regulator and a Pololu Pushbutton Power Switch SV. February 2013.
- The Solarbotics RM2 is used as a replacement for upgrading flywheel nerf guns. This motor can handle rapid fire. By Oreo, February 2013.
- This robot combines a Pololu 3pi and a Pinoccio, a wireless microcontroller, to create a rover that can be driven remotely over the internet. By Pinoccio, February 2013.
- This nice-looking autonomous robot uses a Dagu Rover 5 Tracked Chassis. The Veter Robot was designed to be used as a robotics research platform. By andreynech, January 2013.
- This Carambola-based rover contains a Pololu Qik 2s12v10 dual serial motor controller and Dagu Wild Thumper wheels. This robot can be controlled from an Android phone or tablet. By Saulius Lukse, January 2013.
- This robot uses Pololu micro metal gearmotors and a Pololu Qik 2s9v1 dual serial motor controller. BoboBOT is able to push objects, complete obstacles, and take part in mini sumo fights. By madefrutos, January 2013.
- This autonomous robot uses a TRex to control the motors, and a Micro Maestro to control the tilt bracket. By SumoRobot, December 2012.
- The BentoBot uses a Zumo chassis, 100:1 micro gear motors, and a TB6612FNG motor controller to compete in a mini sumo competition. By Makopack, December 2012.
- This crafty robot uses Wild Thumper wheels, 25D mm motors, and a TB6612FNG dual motor driver carrier to develop a mobile platform that a parrot can use for self transportation. By viron11111, December 2012.
- Demo code to do web-based real time control of the Pololu Micro Maestro 6 channel servo controller using the RPi and the Tornado web server. By MartinSant, November 2012.
- This robot uses a Wixel as the controller and is driven by stepper motors. The Wixel source code is available. By Perrotti, October 2012.
- This 3-servo hexapod has a Wixel for its brains and is controlled remotely by an Arbotix Commander modified to use a Wixel. By Gertlex, October 2012.
- This laser-cut, remote-controlled balancing robot uses a dual VNH5019 motor driver and a pair of Pololu wheels. By wilywampa, September 2012.
- This modified Gaucho Superpower taps directly into the jrk 21v3 that powers the Torxis servo used to steer with remote control. By Jornum1, September 2012. Disclaimer: our products are not recommended for applications where the malfunction of the product could cause injury or damage.
- A MinIMU-9 v2 is connected to an Arduino Uno to interact in real time with 3ds Max. This 3ds Max MinIMU-9 tutorial (5MB zip) includes source code, 3ds Max files, and step-by-step instructions. By Nippur, August 2012.
- The 3pi robot contains a Baby Orangutan that is wirelessly programmed using a pair of Wixels. By oldtom, August 2012.
- This Raspberry Pi-based robot’s motors are driven with a TB6612FNG motor driver carrier. By Gordo, August 2012.
- This head tracking project uses a MinIMU-9 v2 and an Arduino to mimic the movement of a person in a computer-generated model. By Nippurius, August 2012.
- This self-balancing robot uses a 37D metal gearmotor with encoder and a pair of Pololu 90×10mm wheels. By Sebastian Nilsson, July 2012.
- A4988 stepper motor driver heatsinking experiments. By Arduinodabbler, July 2012.
- This group of robots features a Maestro 24 controlling 22 servos to create a rendition of Row Row Row Your Boat. By MultiRobodude, July 2012.
- A pair of Wixels are added to an Arbotix Commander V2 remote control, allowing it to send its signals to a computer. By Gertlex, July 2012.
- The LightRobot is a 3pi Robot that has been modified with RGB LEDs, an RN-41 Bluetooth module, and a sonar range finder that is controlled with voice commands and the accelerometer from an Android phone. The source code for the robot and the Android app are also available.
- This autonomous, obstacle-avoiding robot is controlled by an Arduino and uses two 25D metal gearmototrs, which are attached to a dual VNH2SP30 motor driver carrier. By andygrove, June 2012.
- A Micro Maestro is used to control and position the webcam in response to facial-tracking data from a Kinect sensor. By bkbrowncom, June 2012.
- This tank is controlled by a Mini Maestro. The code used to program it for joystick control is included, along with the system schematics. By swcorb1, June 2012.
- A Micro Maestro controls the faceplate on this Iron Man helmet and the spare channels will eventually be configured to turn the lights on in the eyes. By jamesbruton, May 2012.
- A series of interesting, customer-created open source projects for the 3pi robot, including barcode reading, grid navigation, and remote control.
- This Instructables lesson demonstrates how to cut power to an Arduino from within a sketch using the Pololu pushbutton power switch. By Kev_MacD, April 2012.
- This text-enabled espresso machine uses the Zipwhip app to receive a text message for an order of espresso. An A4988 stepper motor driver carrier and servo are then used to rotate the cup up to the nozzles where the espresso is dispensed. By Zipwhip, April 2012.
- This laser-cut robotic arm is controlled by a Mini Maestro servo controller. By Szymon Kobalczyk, April 2012.
- A Micro Maestro and three servos power this well-constructed delta robot. By Steve, April 2012.
- A blog post about using an ACS715 to monitor the current consumption of a ham radio when in emergency communication mode. By Steve Spence, April 2012.
- Using a Wixel to wirelessly program a Parallax Propeller microcontroller. (Forum thread). By Martin H, April 2012.
- This robot uses two 37D metal gearmotors with encoders that are mounted with gearmotor brackets and driven with a dual VNH2SP30 motor driver carrier . By Kristian Lauszus, March 2012.
- This CNC router features four A4988 stepper motor driver carriers. By bg_blea, March 2012.
- Garden Bot uses a Maestro Servo Controller to help it track the orange bucket (Video). By maleche, March 2012.
- An Arduino Uno and five Mini Maestro 24-Channel USB Servo
Controller are used to control an extensive installation for an art performance. By Fancy Yeh, March 2012.
- Do-it-yourself fully-automatic book scanner uses a Maestro servo controller to control the page-turning, and picture-taking servos. It was able to scan 468-page book in about 12 minutes with zero page-turning errors. For more information, see the related DIY Book Scanner forum thread. By jck57, February 2012.
- This solar tracking robot uses RC servos, light sensors, and a Mini Maestro to find the sun and point a solar panel directly at it. By ScienceOnline, Jan 2012.
- This Arduino-controlled robot commands the Rover 5 chassis and uses a LSM303DLH 3D Compass and Accelerometer Carrier with Voltage Regulators to determine which direction to go. The caterpillar treads were replaced with the Wild Thumper wheels. By cyberteque, Jan 2012.
- This Arduino shield mounts a Pololu dual MC33926 motor driver carrier for easy control with an Arduino. Build log: page 1, page 2, page 3. By Craig Hollabaugh, January 2012.
- Popular Mechanics guide to building your first robot. The parts that Pololu offers are in this wish list. January 2012.
- Charlie uses a Baby Orangutan to read the accelerometer and compass readings from an LSM303 and display them nicely on a 1.8" TFT LCD display. January 2012.
- This project controls a 3pi robot by directly connecting two joystick outputs to two of its analog inputs. By Wilfredo, January 2012.
- A series of assembly videos for a Pololu Chassis Completion Kit for RRC01A and a Pololu RRC01A robot chassis. By MeanPC.com, January 2012.
- Pat from the Dead Things Vlog has a two part video about programming the Micro Maestro 6-Channel USB Servo Controller to control a 3-axis witch head. January 2012.
- Mike Estee has three blog posts about crafting hexapod chassis out of paper. The beasts are controlled by Mini Maestro USB Servo Controllers. January 2012.
- Instructions for making a robot controlled wirelessly via a pair of Wixels. By techbitar, January 2012.
- This disco dance floor with ShiftBrite RGB lights is controlled by a Micro Maestro 6-Channel USB Servo Controller. By Greg, December 2011.
- A parts list and video of a Android-controlled mini sumo robot called “Karafatma.” By Mert Öztoprak, December 2011.
- The Carambola rover platform uses wheels, motors, brackets, and a motor controller from Pololu, to make a platform for the Carambola. 8devices’s Carambola is a open-source and Linux-friendly embeddable module. November 2011.
- Rocky the Robot’s body is contained within the profile of his Pololu Wheels. He also uses our gearmotors, distance sensors and battery holder. By Patrick Mccabe, October 2011.
- These customer-written projects are intended to introduce the novice user to all the components on the 3pi robot and how they can be used while programming with the Arduino IDE. Each project builds on the one before it and comments within the programs are used to provide background information when new items are introduced. By Daniel J. Sullivan, August 2011.
- This customer-written Netduino driver supports both the MiniSSC2 and the Pololu protocol for controlling a Pololu Micro Serial Servo Controller. By Stefan Thoolen, July 2011.
- Mr. Twitchy uses two Wixels to wirelessly control an electrical stimulation device. By Sparkfun, July 2011.
- Blackbeard’s Chest uses two jrk motor controllers with feedback to control linear actuators as part of a spooky animatronic display. By Skulltronix, July 2011.
- A Mini Maestro 24-channel USB servo controller controls three servos in each of this insectoid robot’s six legs. By Chench, June 2011.
- This rotating monitor for an arcade cabinet uses a Simple Motor Controller, a gearmotor with encoders and a Pololu wheel to control the rotation. By TopJimmyCooks, June 2011.
- A well-documented project for building a telescope remote based on the Micro Maestro 6-Channel USB servo controller. By Kevin, May 2011.
- A customer-written Instructable that introduces the reader to the Wixel through a series of basic projects. By Michael Oz, May 2011.
- Video of a robot based off of the Pololu 5" robot chassis that automatically improves its PID constants over time. By PageFault, April 2011.
- Jrk 12v12s are used as part of two-degree-of-freedom motion-simulator chairs (sim chairs). (Video). By eaorobbie, April 2011.
- High-Power Motor Drivers are used to drive the motors in this homemade Segway-like personal transport. By Hans Michael Steiner, April 2011.
- This sound-following 3pi robot uses three Electret microphone breakout boards and two 74HC4052 multiplexers (Video). By Louie, April 2011.
- Waiter Robot can make a “Robot Bar” for your next exhibition, show, private event, or sales promotion. They use Pololu 3pi Robots to deliver food and drinks in an remarkable way. March 2011. Update: The original site for this project is no longer accessible, so this now links to the youtube promo video.
- A temperature probe, a battery pack, and a Pololu Orangutan SVP-324 Robot Controller are used to make BrewMon, a beer-brewing monitor. By Michael Buckley, March 2011.
- Video of a heavily-modified 3pi that uses distance sensors and encoders along with a flood-fill algorithm to find the shortest path through a walled Micromouse maze. The robot is described in more detail in this forum post. By lufamseed, March 2011.
- A small hexapod using the Micro Maestro that is controlled remotely using a Bluetooth module. By sigfpe, February 2011.
- Only5 is designed to be a general-purpose, high-performance robot. It uses many Pololu parts including the Pololu 5" Robot Chassis RRC04A and the Baby Orangutan robot controller. By ngcoders, Feb 2011.
- Groovin’ Grover is a marionette manipulated by four hobby servos and a Pololu Maestro servo controller. You can control each of Grover’s limbs independently and make him walk, wave, and most entertaining – make him dance. Groovin’ Grover is easy to assemble and wire up. The Maestro servo controller is easy to program using free software from Pololu. This Instructable explains how to build your own Groovin’ Grover. By talk2bruce, Feb 2011
- A guide to building a fast (> 2 m/s) line-following robot from scratch. By C.I.r.E., February 2011.
- Robot made with a TReX, a 4WD Wild Thumper and a BoArduino driving in the snow. By arduwino, February 2011.
- This autonomous robot can also be controlled by an RC-5 remote to choose different actions. It uses our compact Step-Up/Step-Down Voltage Regulator S8V3A. By oberallgeier, Jan 2011.
- Two Mini-Maestro-controlled ShiftBrites power a flashlight capable of displaying one million colors with many interesting modes of operation (video). By Reed Kimble, January 2011.
- An mbed notebook (in Japanese) showing a 3pi robot with an ARM mbed controlled by Bluetooth keyboard. By Kazuhiro Ouchi, December 2010.
- A Useless Machine controlled by a Baby Orangutan. It counts how many times the button is pressed and then the arm comes out and presses the button the same number of times. Video, source code, and schematics included. By Jumbleview, December 2010.
- A paper (in Portuguese) describing the Pololu 3pi robot in general, and, specifically, how to write optimized maze solving code. By Ana Paula, December 2010.
- A news report about a custom TV lift using a Pololu Jrk 12v12 made by Francisco Estrada III, November 2010.
- This mbed.org cookbook page will help you get started using your m3pi robot with an mbed development board as your high-level robot controller.
- The paper (523k pdf) shows how to read FrSky telemetry data and display it on an LCD with a Baby Orangutan. The whole setup is small and light enough to clip on to an RC transmitter. By erik46, October 2010.
- An open-source template for custom 3pi expansion boards in the Eagle format by Alex Louden. An example expansion with an mbed microcontroller, Xbee, and accelerometers is shown. By Alex Louden, September 2010.
- A WiFi module is connected to a 3pi robot allowing it to be controlled by an iPhone. YouTube Video. By drock221, July 2010.
- Hand-held Tic-Tac-Toe powered by a Pololu adjustable boost regulator and controlled with a Pololu Baby Orangutan B-328. By Jumbleview, June 2010.
- A simple obstacle-avoiding robot based on the Maestro, using continuous-rotation servos and distance sensors. The robot is programmed using the Maestro’s internal scripting language, without the need for an additional microcontroller. By TomatoWire, June 2010.
- An art project at New York University using 10 OctoBrite DEFILIPPI modules, 80 RGB LEDs, 40 servos, 7 servo controllers, and 1 Arduino. A video is also available. By Matthew Richard, April 2010.
- AIRbot is a robot that can be controlled by a cellphone and can send images back to the cellphone. It uses a yellow RP5 tracked chassis, a transparent clear RP5 expansion plate, and a qik 2s9v1 dual serial motor controller along with the AIRcable S.D.K. and the AIRcable OptiEyes. The source code (both AIRcable and Nokia) and circuit diagrams are freely available.
- An HD camcorder on a pan/tilt mount controlled by servos actuated by a Micro Maestro 6-Channel USB Servo Controller next to a Wiimote used to track an IR light source. Here is a video taken from the mounted camcorder. Posted February 2010.
- The Pololu Maestro RoboRealm module provides a way to interface the visual processing of RoboRealm into servo movements using the Pololu Maestro USB Servo Controller. Released February, 2010.
- A replica of the famous Star Wars droid R2D2 that uses the Jrk USB Motor Controller for position control. See the video which shows the Jrk Configuration Utility in action, or read the blog post which has more information. By ggpipe, February 2010.
- Patrick Hickey and Bradley Lord use a Pololu Micro Maestro for servo output and a Pololu 4 servo multiplexer to support manual control override in their model aircraft autopilot project. Published February, 2010.
- Meindert Norg from Norg Consulting (www.NorgConsulting.com) demonstrates his active magnetic bearing, Tripod Floater. The closed-loop system uses three Pololu 18v15 high-power motor drivers as PWM amplifiers to power the magnetic coils that keep the module floating beneath the metal plate. By Meindert Norg, August, 2009. February, 2010 update: the Tripod Floater is now wireless! Version 2.2 video
- A beacon-chasing robot built with our IR Beacon, an RP5 Tracked Chassis, and an Arduino. By Christopher Hazlett, December 2009.
- An tutorial showing how to power an Arduino through the Pololu Pushbutton Power Switch and use the self-shutoff feature, by Instructables member youeveolve. Published November, 2009.
- A spooky animatronic skeleton using the Jrk USB Motor Controller. See the final result or more pictures and information. By Mark Goodson, October 2009.
- Robockey uses various motors, hardware, and wheels to design, build, and program teams of fully-autonomous robots to play hockey. By Jonathan Fiene, 2008.
- Various videos of the Pololu 3pi robot in action.
- A detailed presentation on teaching a robot to solve a non-looped line maze written by customer (and robotics professor) R. Vannoy. This can help you to better understand how to solve a line maze with your 3pi or custom maze-solving robot.
- A DIY article for Popular Science showing how to use our Orangutan LV-168 robot controller to make an autonomous, obstacle-avoiding 1:32-scale Hummer. The Arduino sketch used to control the car makes use of our Arduino Orangutan libraries and is available for download on the second page of his article. By Dave Prochnow.
- Spinning antweight combat robots by Rich Olson / SpamButcher, using the Pololu Baby Orangutan robot controller and VNH3SP30 Motor Driver Carrier. These award-winning designs spin their entire body around at high speed while slightly varying the motor speeds to translate around the playing field.
- David Jannke from Probotics America is using our TReX motor controller in his safety education robots. He also sent us a short video demonstration (2MB avi).
- Customer Colin Karpfinger has written a tutorial complete with sample C# program that demonstrates how to interface with Pololu servo controllers using .NET.
- Customer Michael Shimniok has written a guide to programming AVRs (the Orangutan LV-168, specifically) using the Mac.
- A customer-written tutorial that shows how to program Orangutans with XCode.
- A demo showing how to control our SMC03A motor controller using LabVIEW.
- Colin Karpfinger’s entry in the Defcon Bots competition, “The First Law”, using the Pololu Serial 8-Servo Controller.
- The Pololu Orangutan X2 robot controller is the brains of this 3kg sumo robot.
- A Robot by Danh Trinh using our 8-Servo Controller, the iRobot Create platform and a Mini-ITX computer system.
- An article (in German) about H-bridges and Pololu dual serial motor controllers that describes how to use our dual serial motor controllers with their BASIC-TigerTM computer module. The application note explains some of the theory behind H-bridges in general and then details the use of the Pololu motor controllers. The article and accompanying code are also available at www.wilke.de (see application note 59 on the “Applikationen” page). By Wilke Technology.
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