Watch the tutorial video below to learn how to set up everything you need to run your Makelangelo 2.5 robot, starting the moment you get the box in the mail until you are installed on a board ready to draw. There’s even instructions to run the software and a timelapse of a drawing.
If you still have tech questions, we’ve got lots of friendly help in the forums.
This tutorial video shows you how to set up everything you need to run your Makelangelo 3.2 robot. Watch for guidance from receiving your robot to fully installed and ready to draw.
The Makelangelo 3.2 can be setup on any other vertical surface. Any wall, easel, or window in your classroom, home, or business can host this drawing robot. For installation on glass or windows, suction cup mount option is now available at checkout.
Just like your phone app updates, we work out bugs and continue to refine our software for all Makelangelos. Visit our Downloads page to ensure you have the latest versions to keep your drawing robot working smoothly.
Is there something missing from this tutorial? Is there something else that you think Makelangelo owners should know? Post to our Forum or contact us with your questions.
Encoders give a micromouse the power to measure the distance it travels so that it can build a mental map of a maze. Read on to see how I measure the movement of the wheels to calculate turns and forward movements.
To build a micromouse I need sensors that see the maze and motors that move the robot through the maze, connected to a brain that I can teach. All of that is powered by a battery. In this post I’m going to connect the micromouse sensors and graph their output. (more…)
An LCD is a great way to communicate a lot of information fast from an Arduino. Combine it with a few buttons, and it suddenly becomes a great control interface for your new machine, whatever it may be. However, LCDs only use 16 pins to communicate with other circuit boards, but the Arduino UNO only has 13 pins. We’re going to need to use something in between to let us do more with less. This is where an I2C backpack comes to the rescue. The only tricky part is that each I2C backpack and LCD are slightly different and require some small tweaks. Today, let’s go through it and show you how the LCD/I2C combo works out.
Check out our final product:
