BEAM Walking Robots

Hey all, I’l be writing some programming guide as soon as I can but for the moment, just wanna share these awesome walking robots made by my former students.

This one is a coat hanger walker based on the book “Absolute Beginners Guide in Building Robot’s” by Gareth Branwyn.



And here's another very simple BEAM walking robot made from old toy gears. Enjoy :D

BEAM Solar Rollers

BEAM Solar Rollers are solar-powered wheelers that move in short distances. Here are some of the solar rollers made by my students. This is based on Mark Tilden’s “Junk Bots, Bug bots, and Bots on Wheels: Building Simple Robots with BEAM Technology”. Apart from being simple intelligent agents, they are actually very cool items to give as gifts.

Bicore Headbot

Bicore Headbot is a photovore(light seeking robot) that looks for the brightest light source and turns its head there. Here is a bicore headbot made by one of my appreciated students whose name you’ll see at the end of the video. This was based on the book “JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels:Building Simple Robots using BEAM technology” by Mark Tilden. Enjoy!

Say "Hello" to Blender and Flash

I have not written any programming guide in a while now coz I’m sort of in a “hiatus” or something. But I’ll post some as soon as my dopamine level rises up.

Meanwhile, if you are interested in things that move i.e. computer graphics, some of the great computer graphic softwares out there are Blender 3D and Adobe Flash.

Here are some of the basic animations that you can do with flash. These are made by my former students, I captured them using KRUTS and edited using PD11. Enjoy!



Here are some of the basic blender animations that you can do with blender. These are made by my former apprentices, you’ll see their names at the end of the movie. Anyways, enjoy!

Mousey the Junkbot

Mousey the Junkbot is a photovore(light-seeking robot) originally developed by Gareth Branwyn. It uses an old analog mouse, motors, light sensors. etc. It's not quite complicated to make and the steps in building it are readily available in the Internet. So if you have an idle time and you want to feel a sense of fulfillment or something, go ahead and build one.

Here’s a mobile video of a robot mouse made by one of my very appreciated minions.Lol. Enjoy!

Symet BEAM Robot

Time for some break in programming and delve into the exciting world of robotics. Symet, FYI , is an intelligent agent that can sense it’s environment through the solar cell and perform an action (e.i. tweaks or rotates) the moment it senses heat. A perfect example of a simple AI robot. Here is a mobile video taken by Christine (one of my apprentice LOL) showing Symet at work. This was edited using PowerDirector( A rich-featured video editing software by Cyberlink) which is available for download at www.cyberlink.com. The title and PIP Templates were downloaded from directorzone.cyberlink.com. The Kinetic Typography was made using Microsoft PowerPoint.