Build your very own Scribbler—a drawing robot—with a simple circuit, switch, weighted motor, four markers and cardboard. Make it, turn it on and watch it frantically scribble!
Scribbler
Tag: Robot
Olly and Molly
Web-connected robots dispense custom scents and candy treats
When a creative brief tasked them to “make something connected to the Internet that doesn’t live on the screen,” Foundry, a small research team at Mint Digital, came up with Olly, a scent-based system rewarding social media activity or, as they describe it on their site, a “web-connected smelly robot.” Olly links up to web-based social applications and emits a fragrance—thankfully, one that you choose—when …
iRobot Ava
An app-based robotics platform integrates mobile connectivity, gestures and independent automation
While scoping out the developments at CES in Las Vegas, we were delighted to meet Ava, a new mobile robotics platform prototype from the minds over at iRobot. Most will recognize iRobot’s past work on the low-profile automated robotic cleaners Roomba and Scooba. While Ava may lack her siblings’ sleek looks, she shines with potential as the world’s first app-ready robot. Standing between three and …