Robot Building Questions

How To Remove Hot Glue From Your Project

Hi all, I came across this problem as I de-constructed my Metal BoxBot to build my Wall-E. The answer: Rubbing Alcohol ! Apparently removing hot glue is as simple as touching it with just a small amount of Rubbing Alcohol. Works like a charm! Check out the video for proof Happy building! Click To Watch Video

Idea For Interface For Ez-Robot Board

my girlfriend bought me a robot called TRAKR by spygear,it about the same as BROOKSTONE ROVER except for it uses RF and video on the remote ,body and shape close to the ROVER and inside there is room for ez board,AND THERE IS A FEW HACKS and can access the programming pins and outputs,also SD card low cost under $70 at amazon TRAKR SPY CAR FROM...

$25 Mini PC For Embedded Computing

I wanted to share this with everyone. $25 mini PC These guys have developed a fully functional PC about the size of a USB drive. It is still in the alpha stage but they plan to have it available by November or December. It's able to run Linux. I have found a program that will compile .NET programs to run in Linux called Mono. So with some messing...

New Robot In Build Progress

How is everyone? I'm one of the very early buyers of the EZ-B and have been quietly lurking in the background watching all the new comers and enjoying all the fresh ideas and projects. I am now in the planning and early construction of my first "real" robot. I posted a couple of pics some time ago of the "kitty igloo" that will...

Sharp Gp2d12 Sensor

I'm having a blast with my EZ-Robot kit. I need to know how to hook up the Sharp GP2D12 sensor to the EZ board. I mounted this sensor at the bottom of my Wall-e pointing to the floor. My grandson lives in a two story house and I haven't taught Wall-e to climb or go down stairs yet (yea right), so this is to prevent him from doing so. As he...