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"Mr. Twitchy" project featuring Wixels

Posted by Ben on 8 July 2011

Mr. Twitchy is a project that uses two Wixels to wirelessly control an electrical stimulation device. The project was featured in Sparkfun New Product post.

"Blackbeard's Chest" animatronic display

Posted by Ryan on 1 July 2011

Blackbeard’s Chest by SkullTroniX uses two jrk motor controllers with feedback to control linear actuators as part of a spooky animatronic display.

Low-cost hexapod

Posted by Kevin on 24 June 2011

A Mini Maestro 24-channel USB servo controller controls three servos in each of this insectoid robot’s six legs. For more information, see this thread on the Trossen Robotics forums.

Instructable: Introducing the Wixel USB Wireless Module

Posted by Ben on 6 May 2011

This Instructable by customer Michael Oz introduces the reader to the Wixel through a series of basic projects.

Learning PID values using simulated annealing

Posted by Ben on 29 April 2011

This is a video of a robot based on the Pololu 5" robot chassis that automatically improves its PID constants over time.

Featured link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdquX0lPlYY

Motion simulator chairs

Posted by Ben on 21 April 2011

Jrk 12v12s are used as part of two-degree-of-freedom motion-simulator chairs (sim chairs) in this project posted to the XSimulator forums. Here is a video of some initial testing using the Jrk Configuration Utilty:

For more details see the forum post.

Homemade Segway-like personal transport

Posted by Ryan on 21 April 2011

Our High-Power Motor Drivers are used to drive the motors in this homemade Segway-like personal transport by Hans Michael Steiner.

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