3D Printed Cable-Driven Mechanisms – Some Strings Attached - One of the most basic problems with robotic arms and similar systems is keeping t... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/3d-printed-cable-driven-mechanisms-some-strings-attached/ #compliantmechanism #cabledrivenrobot #robotshacks #cabledrive #3dprinted

China Hosts Robot Marathon - China played host to what, presumably, was the world’s first robot and human half-... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/20/china-hosts-robot-marathon/ #robotshacks #marathon #robot #news

Robot Picks Fruit and Changes Light Bulbs with Measuring Tape - How far can you stretch a measuring tape before it buckles? The answer probably de... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/robot-picks-fruit-and-changes-light-bulbs-with-measuring-tape/ #agriculturalrobot #roboticgripper #robotgripper #robotshacks #endeffector #parts

Tiny, Hackable Telepresence Robot for under $100? Meet Goby - [Charmed Labs] are responsible for bringing numerous open-source hardware products... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/17/tiny-hackable-telepresence-robot-for-under-100-meet-goby/ #telepresencerobot #crowdfunding #telepresence #tinypresence #robotshacks #arduino #webrtc #esp32 #goby #fpv

Rise of the Robots: How Robots Are Changing Dairy Farms - Running a dairy farm used to be a rather hands-on experience, with the farmer requ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/17/rise-of-the-robots-how-robots-are-changing-dairy-farms/ #robotshacks #automation #dairy

Tiny Pogo Robot Gets Wings, Does Flips - Most robots depend on controlled environments, because the real world is hard to g... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/tiny-pogo-robot-gets-wings-does-flips/ #hoppingrobot #robotshacks #one-legged #micro #wings #pogo #mit

Gemini 2.0 + Robotics = Slam Dunk? - Over on the Google blog [Joel Meares] explains how Google built the new family of ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/11/gemini-2-0-robotics-slam-dunk/ #artificialintelligence #googlegemini2.0 #googledeepmind #robotshacks #aloharobot #ai

Forget Propellers, Embrace Tentacle-based Locomotion - Underwater robots face many challenges, not least of which is how to move around. ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/09/forget-propellers-embrace-tentacle-based-locomotion/ #robotshacks #underwater #tentacles #flagella #marine #robot #rov

Salamander Robot is Squishy - If you want to get started in microfluidic robotics, [soiboi soft’s] salamander is... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/salamander-robot-is-squishy/ #3dprinterhacks #microfluidics #robotshacks #salamander

Printed Robotic Arm Pumps Up With Brushless Motors - [JesseDarr] recently wrote in to tell us about their dynamic Arm for Robitc Mischi... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/printed-robotic-arm-pumps-up-with-brushless-motors/ #bldccontroller #robotshacks #roboticarm #6dof #bldc #can

Disney’s Bipedal, BDX-Series Droid Gets the DIY Treatment - [Antoine Pirrone] and [Grégoire Passault] are making a DIY miniature re-imagining ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/05/disneys-bipedal-bdx-series-droid-gets-the-diy-treatment/ #robotshacks #robotics #bipedal #walking #disney #robot

Simple Robot Assembled From E-Waste Actually Looks Pretty Cool - If you’re designing a robot for a specific purpose, you’re probably ordering fresh... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/simple-robot-assembled-from-e-waste-actually-looks-pretty-cool/ #robotshacks #esp32-cam #ledbulb #robot

Pi Hand is a Digital Display of a Different Sort - Hackers enjoy a good theme, and so it comes as no surprise that every time March 1... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/14/pi-hand-is-a-digital-display-of-a-different-sort/ #microcontrollers #robotshacks #robotichand #piday #pi

Taming the Wobble: An Arduino Self-Balancing Bot - Getting a robot to stand on two wheels without tipping over involves a challenging... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/taming-the-wobble-an-arduino-self-balancing-bot/ #controltheory #selfbalancing #arduinohacks #robotshacks #science #arduino #balance #robot

A Transparent BB-8 Build Using Christmas Ornaments - The cool thing about the droids of Star Wars is that they’re not that hard to recr... - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/13/a-transparent-bb-8-build-using-christmas-ornaments/ #robotshacks #starwars #droid #bb-8

Will Embodied AI Make Prosthetics More Humane? - Building a robotic arm and hand that matches human dexterity is tougher than it lo... - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/will-embodied-ai-make-prosthetics-more-humane/ #artificialintelligence #medicalhacks #robotshacks #embodiedai #prosthetic #touch #limb #ai

Robotics Class is Open - If you are like us, you probably just spin up your own code for a lot of simple pr... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/19/robotics-class-is-open/ #robotoperatingsystem #robotshacks #ros

Crawler Challenge: Building Rope-Traversing Robots - Rope-climbing robots are the stuff of engineering dreams. As kids, didn’t we all c... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/23/crawler-challenge-building-rope-traversing-robots/ #universityofillinois #ropetraversal #robotshacks #traversing #challenge #contests #toyhacks #illinois #walker #robot #rope

A Self Balancing Bike for Crash Dummy Billy - We aren’t sure there’s enough information in the [We Make Machines’] video to easi... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/14/a-self-balancing-bike-for-crash-dummy-billy/ #linearquadraticregulator #transportationhacks #selfbalancing #robotshacks #bike

From Felt to Fate: Building Your Own Sorting Hat - Ever wondered how it feels to have the Sorting Hat decide your fate? [Will Dana] w... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/10/from-felt-to-fate-building-your-own-sorting-hat/ #robotshacks #animatronic #harrypotter #sortinghat #sortinghat #wizard #esp32 #robot #esp #hp