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Mars Rover

Posted by Ryan on 3 May 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. Pictures and a link to a video are available on their blog.

Iron Man suit Micro Maestro tutorial
by Ryan - 3 May 2013
In this video, Jay May explains how to use the Micro Maestro to control his Iron Man suit.

Liquid Lifebar
by Ryan - 3 May 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...

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