Allegrobotics
First against the wall when the revolution came.
Mission statement
- A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
- A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
- A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
"Dave, I think you know what the problem is, just as well as I do."
Projects
Housebot
Little robot with continuous servos
PiRobot
iRobot Roomba conversion
Lidar Sweeper
Making a lidar sweep for obstacle detection
Differential GPS
Accurate GPS (RTK-GNSS) for navigation
Davrover
Conversion of electric wheelchair to autonomous rover
GizMow
Lawn mowing robot
MachisMow
Conversion of zero turn ride-on lawn mower to autonomous slasher
George Orwheel
Two wheels good. Four wheels baaaad.
Robot Hand
Well .. a finger anyway
Disclaimer
Clearly the author takes absolutely no responsibility for anything dangerous, illegal, destructive, immoral or just plain stupid that anyone does with these notes. Just a word of caution: 40kg robots are dangerous. 200kg petrol-powered robots with blades spinning at 200km/h are almost unstoppable. Think about a small person getting rammed at full speed with one of these. It will make The Walking Dead seem like a romantic chick flick. Think. Please.
Others
Tips and tricks
F710 controller
Manipulator
Parking sensor
Two wheel balancing robot (with stepper motors)
Two wheel balancing robot (with DC motors)
3D printer experiments
A discussion of drive needs for agricultural robotics
A simple Raspberry Pi case made with a CNC
TF Mini LIDAR
Aquarius
Kangarouter
Neural-net object recognition
Kangarecognizer - Kangaroo recognition results
The weeding problem - a discussion of robotic weeding
Weed recognition results
The WeeDestroyer
Sheep herding simulation
The electric car
Photovoltaic solar irradiance meter
eMule - Golf cart conversion
Pathfinding - Using RRT to navigate around the farm
Computer readable font
Hoverboard
Skidrover
The future
Pest Eviction. Easing the kangaroos out of the paddocks, if kangaroos 
can be differentiated from sheep 
and alpacas 
).
Weed Detection. Mounting a face-down camera and analysing the image to detect weeds.
Weed Removal. Either through spraying or mechanical means (a length of wire like a lowering spring on a motor can dig out weeds without chemical environmental damage).
Cool links
Get Allegrobotics updates on twitter
Hackaday.com and Hackaday.io. Heaps of great projects by people smarter than me.
Goat Industries and their Weedinator.
SwarmFarm Robotics Demonstration
Chinese robot factory
Instructables - Robots
Let's Make Robots (robot shop)
Solar Charged Lawnmower
Deep South Robotics
Autonomous Vehicle On Roads Using Ai Behavioural Cloning
Conclusion
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that."
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Something I'm doing wrong? Solved my problems? Got a better idea? Got a similar problem?Think I might have solved your problem? Ninety-nine problems, but your robot ain't one? Say so ..