Part 2 of our chicken coop home automation project is sending a message to your phone or to your email from an Arduino! What good is a home automation project if it does not notify you if something is wrong or if the status of something is changing, etc. This is a continuation of our Home Automation Chicken Coop - Part 1. This is Part 2 of a multi part posting of the chicken coop home automa...
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This is a custom mining robot we have just completed. It features the following: Enclosed waterproof 4WD chassis HD Dual bearing axle support, chain driven, powered by 4 high torque motors 10 inch diameter tiller style tires for great traction Steel Roll Cage for protection from falling debris or turnover Full HD Video system with video and image capturing capabilities High intensity LED lighting ...
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We had fun building this robot. He may look familiar… We started with MLT-JR custom length tracks and added a simple shell and head. The motors are driven with a Sabertooth 2×5 Motor Controller. All the parts (other than the drive train) were made with our 3D printers. Then we gave it a quick paint job. We embedded two IR sensors on the front and put a Arduino in the middle cavity to dr...
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Today’s Tech Thursday topic is using RC switches to hack your lawn mower for a remote start and stop. We’ve done this with our 4WD remote control lawn mower and our Remote Control snow blower. Here’s how we did it. We used the following components: Spektrum DX6 Controller with AR6210 Receiver Pololu RC Switch Relay Board (you can use a 5V relay) Servo pigtails The RC switch is needed to comm...
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System Architecture Introduction: Yes I know, why automate a chicken coop? Well we just wanted to do a starter home automation project and one thing led to another and now I have the fanciest chicken coop around. Spoiled chickens lay good eggs… It also is because I am a little lazy and don’t want to get up every morning to let the chickens out and go out each night to close the coop. S...
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So we are hard at work doing testing. Soon we will have the refrigerated keg-a-droid… Check our our kickstarter campaign! Lots of momentum including a article from CNET. Join us for the party… #kegadroid #aviatorbrewing #kickstarter
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The Pitch! We have been building robots for a very long time and from every once in a while we will have a beer or three. So one evening, while we were at our local brewery (The Aviator Brewing Company), we asked ourselves a question: Why we are still getting up to get another round when we could just build a robot to do it for us? Wouldn’t it be cool if we could summon a robot to bring a be...
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SuperDroid Robots’ remote control SnowPlow and SnowBlower allow you to remotely remove snow while you stay warm in your home. We are looking for your backing to improve our designs, reduce manufacturing costs, and provide an option as a DIY package so we can offer the robots at a more affordable price. The remotely operated snow blower and snow plow are intended for the home, business, or mu...
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SuperDroid Robots has finished the remote control snow blower! After the press from last years remote control snow plow, we figured why not a remote control blower! We had a very lucky customer that wanted one, so we built it for him just in time for winter. The Remote snow blower is a powerful 24V DC 4WD robot that pushes a gas powered snow blower. It also remotely starts and stops the blower, ti...
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We just installed a gun turret on overkill that now tilts two guns up ~45 degree and down ~10 degrees and pans ~420 degrees. Its equipped with a 27X zoom camera that lets you remotely zoom in on the target. We mounted two Tippmann A-5 Markers with electronic triggers. The custom hopper holds over 500 rounds and will shoot in full automatic mode (with both guns in full auto 1800 rounds a minute!). ...
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