by Xukyo | 1 Feb 2018 | Projects
One interesting branch of robotics is making existing objects smarter which helps in our everyday life. This domain is known as domotics (especially for home) and IoT (Internet of Things) Here is a small domotic project that consists in measuring your home temperature...
by Xukyo | 30 Jan 2018 | Tutorials
The easiest way to communicate with Arduino is to use the serial port. It is also the most powerful tool to test and debug your code. Material ComputerArduino UNO x2Jumper cable M/M x3 Communication with the Serial Monitor The functions from the Serial library to...
by Xukyo | 15 Jan 2018 | Projects
One of the coolest feature in a robot is to be able to control it with your smartphone. Building a remote controlled robot can be easily achieved using Arduino and a Bluetooth module. Material Mobile Robot Rovy 4x TTGM DC Motor driver (here we use a Arduino Mega...
by Xukyo | 30 Nov 2017 | Tutorials
One of the main objectives in robotics is to make things move on their own. To give motion to a robot, electrical motors are oftenly used such as direct current (DC) motors especially for mobile robots. In this tutorial, we will see how to control such a motor using...
by Xukyo | 15 Nov 2017 | Tutorials
A robot is constituted of four main components: Motors for motion, Mechanics to hold the pieces together, sensors to make it react to environment and a code to control them and create the desired functionality. Sensors plays an important role when dealing with...