Society of Robots - Robot Forum
General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: NERDsoldier on June 29, 2013, 07:01:05 PM
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I am by no means an expert on robots, rather still in the learning phase in the beginning of it all. However, I ran across this:
http://multiplo.org/ (http://multiplo.org/)
What do you all think of it? I think that its an interesting concept that would allow for 3D prototyping of any idea you have for a robot build that could then be translated into other media, allowing prototyping to run much smoother.
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Yea, the 'erector set' concept which can be great for prototyping ideas.
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Personally, I'd rather want "rawer" materials like extruded aluminum profile and brackets.
Having the mechanics be part of the system means you're a little more "locked in."
Check out 80/20, OpenRail, OpenBeam or MakerBeam for examples. A good drill and some bolts will then mount whatever you want to that chassis.
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I think that the reason it interests me is that while parts are more locked in like you mentioned, I am still learning and for someone else still learning I am sure that they would have more then enough freedom working with something like this.
And besides, if I am going to give some money to a company that makes robots, I would rather give it to this one, after all they are trying to make robotics education much more affordable for anyone that would want to include it as a part of an educational program.
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Personally, I'd rather want "rawer" materials like extruded aluminum profile and brackets.
Having the mechanics be part of the system means you're a little more "locked in."
Check out 80/20, OpenRail, OpenBeam or MakerBeam for examples. A good drill and some bolts will then mount whatever you want to that chassis.
I'll certainly check those out too!
I think the other big thing I like about it besides the prototyping ability would the be fact that I really don't need anything other then basic tools- and if I like what I have created I will still have all the parts unaltered really unless I chose to do something- and then have the ability to go from there and make something more permanent. 8)
It was also suggested to me that I pick up a bread board and use that to test any electronics that I put together, I don't know if I should though.
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You absolutely need a solderless breadboard if you want to play around with electronics.
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What about an oscilloscope and a multimeter? or is that too in depth?
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You need a multimeter pretty early on. It's useful even for just checking batteries, and keeps being useful for the rest of your life :-)
You can use an oscilloscope early on, but it's not "required" until later. Depending on how you proceed, a logic analyzer (Saleae Logic or similar) might be a better choice at that time -- digital or analog signals? You can totally wait until you know the answer to that question!
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I getcha, what do you build your robots for?
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what do you build your robots for?
For fun!
Also, for robomagellan (http://robogames.net/rules/magellan.php) and Mech Warfare (http://mech-warfare.com/).
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Mechwarfare looks fun but... I dunno about humanoids... they walk funny still.