Best robotic/electronic building videos/articles?

Too_Many_Tools

Looking for the best robotic/electronic videos/articles...links that actually SHOW tools/shops/techniques to BUILD hardware.

There seems to be little out there.

Thanks for any leads.

erco

MAKE, obviously. Of the magazines that have lowered their standards to accept my meager articles, SERVO usually has more DIY stuff than ROBOT. Although our own Carol Hazlett has singlehandedly been ELEV-8-ing the caliber of ROBOT with her three-fers of fine articles lately!

LoopyByteloose

Well, if it is 'the best' that you desire....
try Dale's Homemade Robots.

http://www.wa4dsy.net/robot/

This rather understated home-brew site is really a wealth of pragmatic information. Dale has long competed in robot battles and dominated due his thoughtful attention to details on every aspect.

Expect to be taken in a few directions that you wouldn't normally consider.

Dale is all about doing something and not about selling you this or that. These days, everyone has a camera, an opinion, and a blog -- but that doesn't really make for superb content.

Heater.

I've been into youtube channels over that last year or so. This collection is not exactly robot related and mostly not tutorial in nature but there is a lot of electronics lore buried in there, theoretical and practical. And micro-controller, programming, mechanical, etc etc stuff. Not in any particular order:

Seb Madgwick: https://www.youtube.com/user/SebMadgwickResearch/videos

Julian Ilett https://www.youtube.com/user/julius256/featured

Martin Lorton: https://www.youtube.com/user/mjlorton/videos

Dave Jones: https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog/videos

The Signal Path: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSignalPathBlog

GreatScott: https://www.youtube.com/user/greatscottlab/videos

Mike Electrical Stuff: https://www.youtube.com/user/mikeselectricstuff

Scullcom Hobby Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDqryeq1kMDSEQwltWqASrA

Fran Blanche: https://www.youtube.com/user/ContourCorsets/videos

The Post Apocalyptic Inventor: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDbWmfrwmzn1ZsGgrYRUxoA

Leonard Susskind:

Duane Degn

Too_Many_Tools wrote: »

There seems to be little out there.

I'm amazed at how much great information is available.

You might want to check some of the related links in these two threads. (They might be familiar. )

http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/161101/resources-for-robot-building-with-metal-plastic-wood

http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/160078/favorite-robot-books

As I mentioned in one of the earlier threads, I wish Gordon McComb's book had been available when I started building robots. It has lots of very practical information.

http://www.amazon.com/Robot-Builders-Bonanza-Gordon-McComb/dp/0071750363

Let's Make Robots used to have lots of great tutorials but unfortunately the new owners have deleted large amounts of material from the site. Some users requested their material be deleted but I didn't and everything I ever wrote there has been deleted. (And yes, I'm still mad.)

One of the new robotic webpages to rise from the ashes of LMR is CoolKidsRobots.com. They've already got some nice articles up on the site.

I think David Anderson does a great job covering some of the basics about robots and robot navigation.

I still think it's hard to beat Parallax's educational material.

BTW, Thanks for the links Heater. I wasn't aware of all of those channels.

Edit: I recall the days before the internet when information was a lot harder to come by. I would have to spend a lot of time at a library to find little bits of information I was after. This same information can now be found in a few seconds thanks to the internet.

erco

Awesome resources! Dale is incredible.

Too_Many_Tools

Thanks for the leads everyone.