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Scott Preston Hi, I'm Scott

I am working on a site that will be the BEST source for building robots. In fact this site will soon become
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Currently, this is a site has information on a lot of my robots and robot projects.

But soon I will also be publishing robotics video's and creating guides for building robots like mine! Subscribe to my feed, follow me on Twitter, or go to my FaceBook Fan Page for more information.

Coming Soon ScottsBots.TV!!!

Featured Robot - CRaB

This is a short video of the CRaB robot going through a diagnostic.

Look For Robot Parts at MSC Direct

Often I would be paying $1 for 3 hex screws, this is non-sense. Even at other places specializing in micro-fasterners you can often get a better deal by buying through places specializing in selling parts to manufacturers. The place I go for these is MSC Direct. Wheels, Fasteners, Raw Materials, Etc.

Robot Blog Summary

Serial Port Programming

Filed Under: Guides, Posted on: August 19, 2010

I am going to talk about accessing the serial port via Java or via an HTTP/Serial Bridge. Accessing serial ports is the preferred method of communication to microcontrollers like the Basic Stamp 2, or Arduino.

Electronics I've Built

Filed Under: Misc, Posted on: April 26, 2010

Here's some various electronics I've built over the years to help me with my robotics.

Ubuntu Robotics - Part 1

Filed Under: Ubuntu, Posted on: April 26, 2010

The last few robots I’ve had to set-up the exact same thing, the exact same way, and I thought I would share it. With the combination of these steps you can have a robot like Feynman Jr. 2 (Jr2) or Feynman 7 (F7).

Added New Robot

Filed Under: Misc, Posted on: March 15, 2010

Feynman Jr 2 I've added a new robot Feynman Jr. 2. The goal of this robot is to follow me around.

Book Review - Robot Building For Beginners

Filed Under: Reviews, Posted on: March 5, 2010

A great introduction to robotics. If you're going to start building robots, get this book today!

Stereo Vision with Ubuntu

Filed Under: Ubuntu, Posted on: March 5, 2010

I've long had a problem with using two web cameras at the same time in Windows and Linux. But now I've solved the problem and have Stereo Vision on my robot, Feynman 7.

Need A Robot Brain?

Filed Under: Misc, Posted on: March 4, 2010

Of all the things I wish I could have purchased off-the-shelf, it would have been a brain.

Computer Vision Book / Face Recognition

Filed Under: Misc, Posted on: February 25, 2010

Another idea that I've been working on is creating a book that's about computer vision.

Coming Soon A New Robotics Book

Filed Under: Misc, Posted on: February 9, 2010

I am in the process of creating another book on robotics programming. Simpler, easier to read and use, including a DVD with all the source code and a Virtual Machine.

Want to Build A Robot in 10 minutes?

Filed Under: Misc, Posted on: February 4, 2010

I was thinking of making a kit and assembly instruction video on building a robot in 10 minutes.

Scott's Robots

CubeBot

An upgrade from the original CubeBot designed back in 2004.

Feynman Jr. 2

An upgraded refined version of Feynman Jr. The goal of Jr. #2 is to follow me around.

CRaB

This is a robot I created for the CRB (Columbus Ruby Brigade). It demon-straits some of the basic robotic principles: movement and visual recognition.

Feynman 7

This is an upgrade form Feynman 6, it is still in progress but contains 2 eyes and an arm.

Carnot

This will a test platform for Feynman. The main reason for his creation is power supply issues and transportation issues with the current version of Feynman.

There are also several problems with the supported Java APIs, mainly sun has abandon them: Java Communications and Java Media Framework.

FollowBot

This was my first robot. A remote control car and some simple electronics acting as a primitive sensor.

TetherBot

This robot was the begining of my love and facination with robotics. Here I learned the power of hacking a servo, building my own sensors, and programming and controlling it via PC.

This robot is also featured at Robots.Net.

Baby Joe 1

For this robot I wanted it to be controlled via a MicroController. I choose the Parallax Basic Stamp 2. I used much of the same parts from the previous robot (TetherBot) but purchased some additional hardware for this chassis.

This robot is also featured at Robots.Net.