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Mars Rover
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
In this video, Jay May explains how to use the Micro Maestro to control his Iron Man suit.
Featured link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH4m_UqQ2js
Video tutorial on open- and closed-loop control using the Zumo
In this video, Brian Douglas demonstrates the difference between open-loop and closed-loop control in an uncertain environment using a Zumo Robot.
Featured link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfydfvHyikM
Raspberry Pi Telepresence Rover
This tank rover by Michael Shimniok 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.
Featured link: http://www.bot-thoughts.com/2013/04/raspberry-pi-telepresence-rover.html
Fuzzbot
Fuzzbot, by 12-year-old maker Quin of Qtechknow, helps clean the floors by dragging a dust cloth around while avoiding obstacles. The robot uses the Pololu Zumo Robot Kit for Arduino.
Related post: Qtechknow wins Educator’s Choice award at Maker Faire
Featured link: http://blog.makezine.com/2013/04/12/introducing-the-fuzzbot/
Raspberry Pi-based State Poster Project
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.
Featured link: http://www.swblabs.com/?p=871
Irowe 4550
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.
Featured link: http://forum.pololu.com/viewtopic.php?p=31673#p31673
Wixel used with Arbotix Commander V2
This post in the Trossen Robotics Community forum shows a pair of Wixels are added to an Arbotix Commander V2 remote control, allowing it to send its signals to a computer. The author gives us a nice compliment:
Not to be a shill, but that was easier to set up than any MCU + Xbee configuration I’ve seen.
Featured link: http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/showthread.php?5558-Pololu-s-Wixel-Arbotix-Commander-V2
Tabletop Robotics 3pi Projects
Tabletop Robotics is a site with a series of interesting, customer-created open source projects for the 3pi robot, including barcode reading, grid navigation, and remote control.
Power off from within an Arduino sketch using the Pololu power switch
This Instructable demonstrates how to cut power to an Arduino from within a sketch using a Pololu pushbutton power switch.