[Robonz] freebies

[Brody Radford]

Hi robot people

I have some early Christmas prezzies for you all. I’ve been working on a nifty robot control board (http://www.mindkits.co.nz/store/kits/the-mindkits-brainboard) with Tim from MindKits, and after a few late nights pulling everything together and getting the production run done in time for Christmas we now have some up for grabs!  

We designed it to get you started building a robot or <insert project> in a few minutes without needing too much else, so if you can think of a good project idea to put it to use reply back to me with a short description (1-2 paragraphs) and we’ll pick the winners on Monday, then post you a board (post also free).

In return winners just need to send us a 1-2 page project writeup (with photos, good for padding!) or 1-2 minute video that we can put on our site to show off your project + our board, within two weeks of receiving it. If you haven’t found time to do it in two weeks then you just post it back to us or buy it, so there’s no risk to you.

Here’s a quick video showing a project I did in about an hour with BrainBoard + Android + Bluetooth to give you an idea where to start.  
I used the free Bluetooth RC Controller app from the Play store which reads the phone’s accelerometer / tilt sensor and sends commands over Bluetooth to the Bluetooth adapter and control board. Onboard motor drivers power the robot directly, so I just had to plug in the motors and program it.




Brody

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