Robotics
Ubuntu Robotics Kindle Book
This is an extra for the book, Robotics Programming 101. This extra highlights all of the Ubuntu specific robotics configuration details in Robotics Programming 101. The Kindle Edition is now available on Amazon.com for $0.99.
Motion Detection Kindle Book
I created a short book on Motion Detection. It’s basically an example that shows you how to do motion detection with some of the APIs from Robotics Programming 101. You can purchase it directly from Amazon HERE, for just $0.99.
I Created A Book Page!
I decided to create a separate page for my books because I’ve started thinking about expanding the kinds of books I’m writing to include more than just books about robotics. Currently the books you will find on this page are just my robotics books, which have more detail at my Scott’sBots website, in the near [...]
New Book – Robotics Programming 101
I have self published my first book Robotics Programming 101. For this book I used CreateSpace for the soft cover and Kindle Direct Publishing for the Kindle version. All in all it was a good experience. I had more issues with formatting than I did writing the actual code and copy for the book. I was [...]
My Robot Website
I’ve updated my robot website the past month, www.scottsbots.com has a new look, and I’ve even added a store. You should also checkout a few new robots or robot videos.
Scott’s Bots – Back to custom code.
I enjoy WordPress for ScottPreston.Com, but for Scott’s Bots.Com, I’ve decided to go with my own custom version of the web site. The reason is that I wanted to do too many things with the site and was forced to look for so many so-so plug-ins. So rather than do that I just coded what [...]
How To Hack A Servo
I’ve put together this video showing you how to hack a servo. It’s great for those that want to buy an in-expensive standard servo and convert it to a continuous rotation servo. For more video’s like this, go to www.roboticsed.com.
Thinking More About Robot DVD
I have actually started to think a lot more about my robot DVD so much so that I am starting work on it. Check-Out RoboticsEd.Com for more information.
One Project – A Robot Building DVD
I think that this year I am going to try and limit myself to one project at a time, rather than starting three or four and doing them all partially and then getting frustrated at the results. The whole multi-tasking concept is dead for now. My thinking today is that if something is worth doing, [...]
Java Media Framework on Ubuntu Linux
It’s been years bug I have finally figured out how to solve my Java Media Framework issues on Linux/Ubuntu. Basically it requires an X11 environment/framebuffer to work. To get things to work I installed the following: sudo apt-get install xvfb Xvfb :1 -screen 0 800x600x24& export DISPLAY=localhost:1.0 run your java program. So if you want [...]