April 2015
Servo Magazine
HelloSpoon — a DIY Robot to Help People with Upper Limb Difficulties
Features
Automation with Actobotics
Take the mundane task of measuring and cutting battery lead wires and give it to your robot.
M is for the Robot that ARM Made
Meet mBot — a new platform for working with embedded robotics that is affordable, programmable, and downright fun.
The Basics of Soldering — Part 3
Knowing how to solder surface-mount components by hand is a valuable skill when working with strict space requirements.
HelloSpoon — a DIY Robot to Help People with Upper Limb Difficulties
This labor-of-love creation attempts to give folks with disabilities some of their independence back by helping them feed themselves, among other things.
ADHD Students Benefit from Brainwave Monitoring Programs
The same technology originally designed for NASA pilot training is helping students and adults alike to stay more focused.
Projects
The Robot You’ve Always Wanted - Part 4
In this final installment, see how Arlo’s arms and turret can be controlled through a second instance of RobotBASIC running in the background to truly make this the robot of your dreams.
Columns
Ask Mr. Roboto
by Dennis Clark
Your Problems Solved Here (04.2015)
Delving into robot vision with a 4D Systems’ uCAM-II serial camera.
Twin Tweaks
by Evan Woolley, Bryce Woolley
Rise of the Simple Machines
Adding mechanical advantage to Protobot.
Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
What’s New in Robotics
Catch up on some of the latest advances in robotic products.
Combat Zone
SPARC: Reigniting Robot Combat?
In April 2003, I was eight years old when I attended my first robot combat event as a driver.
EVENT REPORT: masSACre Dethrones 15 Pound Powerhouse, OverLoad
in The Combat ZoneThe NTMA Training Centers Robotics League (TCRL) kicked off 2015 with a bang.
Small Bot Masters — Mike Jeffries
in The Combat ZoneImet Mike Jeffries in 2011. This new guy shows up at DragonCon with some serious hardware: a sweet 1 lb and a 12 lb that looked like it could stop a bullet.