Robot Woodpecker Project
HC Gilje created a flock of robotic woodpeckers as a study to see how nature will interact with them. He calls them wind-up birds, but they are actually electro-mechanical. The prototype was built using an Arduino for the brains and an XBee module to allow communications. A solenoid and wood block are used for the pecking sound. Be sure to check the photo set for lots of build pictures.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:19 am
What happened to HAD? Is it possible that the ‘new’ format has finally ruined them?
Miked, great job on the site. I have been reading since the begining, and I have to say that the content is awesome.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:46 am
>What happened to HAD? Is it possible that
>the ‘new’ format has finally ruined them?
I didn’t do it. The HAD folding team has a post stating that HAD was changing hosting and got hit with a DOS attack.
>Miked, great job on the site. I have been reading since the >begining, and I have to say that the content is awesome.
Thank you. Analytics says I have had zero visitors this month, so I have been lagging on posting. I need to fix that. I have several posts I still need to write up.