The project is a simple joystick control of a servo over a USB connection to an Arduino board. The 5V power of Arduino and Ground is connected directly to JR Sport ST47 standard servo while the ...

Before I start talking about this really cool thing called Arduino (Italian for "good friend"), let me say a few things about the fascinating subject of physical computing. Physical computing has been ...

The i-SOBOT, a new 6.5-inch-tall android from Japanese toy manufacturer Tomy Co. can perform martial arts, talk and sing using a series of servo motors and responsive circuits. “It’s a fully bipedal ...

Gyroscopes are perfect to damper short impulses of external forces but will eventually succumb if a constant force, like gravity, is applied. Once the axis of rotation of the mass aligns with the axis ...