Future X-Copter Plans
On the basis that you can never have too many projects in flight at the same time …
Posted in quadx450 on 07 May, 2017

The Initial Plan and Prototype
We play badminton with a couple of friends every week. It’s great fun but we’re all getting older and keeping track of the score is becoming more ...
Posted in badscore on 30 April, 2017

Basic Face Detection

Posted in compvis on 06 April, 2017

Extra Leg Joints

Posted in allbot on 31 March, 2017

Computer Vision Test Platform
As part of learning about robotics and ROS, the time has come to start playing with computer vision software in the shape of OpenCV. To do this, I...
Posted in compvis on 29 March, 2017

Power Board
To allow the Allbot to operate untethered, I need to find a suitable on-board power supply. The off-the-shelf product includes a shield with 4xAA ...
Posted in allbot on 17 March, 2017

Beginning with the AllBot
I stumbled across Velleman’s Allbot a short while ago and thought it looked like a fun project so, as they publish printable versions of the plasti...
Posted in allbot on 14 March, 2017

Houston ...
Since my last post, I’ve been dipping in and out of the Antdroid software for this project and it’s now time for an update. Shortly before Christm...
Posted in hexapod on 02 February, 2017

Camera Mount
The Raspberry Pi camera module arrived the other day … and it’s definitely not a good fit for the printed camera mount. I had a choice of either d...
Posted in hexapod on 04 December, 2016

Body Assembled
I finished the legs a couple of weeks ago and have been waiting for a sheet of 3mm perspex to arrive so I could cut the body plates. That arrived ...
Posted in hexapod on 03 November, 2016