tv: 3d Printable Rubber Band Gun

Designing a printable rubber band gun has always been on my bucket list. I used the holiday season as an excuse to finally do it. You have to fight consumerism somehow, right? And what better way to fight it than to print rubber band guns for your relatives.

Of course I'm releasing this to the community. Here are the files you will need to print one for yourself:

github.com/GavilanSteinman/rbg

tv: The Scratch Flight

Building a remote controlled plane from scratch has always been at the top of my bucket list. This week I popped it off the stack, built, and flew! You could argue what I did isn't really flying. I might agree with you. Ha. But it's a start. I just need LOTS of practice!

I built this plane out of dollar tree foam and packing tape by following the masterful tutorials of Experimental Airlines.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ExperimentalAirlines/

tv: Measuring Battery Use

Season 3 : Ep. 12 | 3:46



In this episode I use the ACS714 Current Sensor to attempt to measure battery use of my dogbot leg. But will it work?

tv: Solutions for Wire Flexibility

Season 3 : Ep. 11 | 6:49



This episode reviews some of my favorite viewer contributed solutions to my wire flexibility problem. Thanks to all who contributed their ideas!

tv: Measuring Wire Flexibility

Season 3 : Ep. 10 | 10:30



I noticed a trend in the comments from the last video. I got a lot of comments about using a smaller gauge wire. In this episode I test the flexibility of 30 gauge, 26 gauge, and 26 gauge shielded wire. Thanks for all the feedback from the last episode! In the next episode I'll dive deeper into that feedback.

Music: I Need to Know by Sweet Danger http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1001531/sweet-danger-i-need-to-know

tv: A Problem of Flexibility

Season 3 : Ep. 9 | 3:13



I need your help. I'm stuck! I need a way to receive information from the DogBot foot without restricting it's movement. Any ideas? Please leave a comment if you have any ideas!

Here are the background videos leading up to this one:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3snrjNPXd06-ehRLuxy9W5Q222wLs0ed

tv: How to Wire a Robot

Season 3 : Ep. 8 | 9:18



In this episode we consider what goes into wiring a robot. We look at a cheap source of 24 gauge wire, look at standardized connectors, and go over wire organization.

tv: Robotic Leg Assembly

Season 3 : Ep. 7 | 3:23



In this episode we assemble the latest version of the dogBot leg!

tv: Servo Animation

Season 3 : Ep. 6 | 4:18



In this episode we plug in our hacked servo. This hack allows us to not only tell the servo what to do, but also record movement. One application of this is to record a manual motion while the servo is disabled, then enable the servo and play the motion back! - Season 3 : Ep. 6 For more episodes, visit: http://tv.onshoulders.org

Test Bed Details:
Hardware - Boarduino
Arduino Code - https://gist.github.com/4241105
Wiring - White wire to a0, with voltage divider
Need more test bed details? Just ask.


I'd like to thank jes1510 for his excellent work getting me started with servo hacking: http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/tutorials/how-to-diy-128/get-position-feedback-from-a-standard-hobby-servo-3279/

Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe!

tv: Hacking a Servo Trimpot

Season 3 : Ep. 5 | 3:28



In this episode we hack the trimpot of a servo in order to read the position of the servo. This servo will be used in an ongoing robotic dog project.

Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe!

tv: Accelerometer & Proximity Sensor

Season 3 : Ep. 4 | 3:59



In this episode we add a 3-axis accelerometer and an infrared proximety sensor to the DogBot foot.

Visit the following links for more information on the sensors used in this episode.

http://www.adafruit.com/products/163
http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1132

Go here to get a tutorial on how to write visualization apps that can interface with an arduino:

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/389676/Arduino-and-the-Web-using-NodeJS-and-SerialPort2

Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe!

tv: Force Sensitive Resistor, Part 2

Season 3 : Ep. 3 | 3:52



In this episode we will add the force sensitive resistor to the DogBot and do some preliminary tests.

tv: Force Sensitive Resistor, Part 1

Season 3 : Ep. 2 | 3:54



Who wants to incorporate touch sensors when you can incorporate force sensitive resistors? In this episode we start to explore a force sensitive resistor for the DogBot!

tv: Season 3 Begins

Season 3 : Ep. 1 | 2:47



I introduce my new workshop in this episode.

tv: Dogbot Learns to Feel, Part 2

Season 2 : Ep. 5 | 12:32



This episode is the fifth in a series of episodes on creating a dog robot. This episode looks at a primitive pressure sensor design that I printed on my 3d printer. Is it enough to help DogBot feel its environment?

tv: Dogbot Learns to Feel, Part 1

Season 2 : Ep. 4 | 11:26



This episode is the fourth in a series of episodes on creating a dog robot. This episode looks at a primitive pressure sensor design that I printed on my 3d printer. Is it enough to help DogBot feel its environment?

tv: DogBot Electronics

Season 2 : Ep. 3 | 13:02



This episode is the third in a series of episodes on creating a dog robot. This episode explores the boardruino, an arduino clone, and the ability to control servos with only a few lines of code.

tv: DogBot Math

Season 2 : Ep. 2 | 9:56



This episode is the second in a series of episodes on creating a dog robot. It shows how to use MathCast and OpenSCad to calculate the equations necessary to make the robot move realistically.

tv: CAD a DogBot

Season 2 : Ep. 1 | 9:39



This episode is the first in a series of episodes on creating a dog robot. It shows how to use OpenSCad to design the skeleton of the robot.

tv: RepRap 3d Printer Makes a Child

Season 1 : Ep. 2 | 9:59

Description:

This episode is a journey in prototyping tech. Watch as a Darwin RepRap 3d printer makes a child Mendel printer capable of printing it's own children. The power of this technology has yet to be realized.

If you want more details on the Darwin used in this episode, check out my restrap blog at:
http://blog.onshoulders.org/index.php?blogID=RepStrap&e=

For any unanswered questions, or any feedback you may have, feel free to add a comment to this episode.