Under the Hood / Editor’s pick
Five Hundred and Seven Ways to Make Something Move
A book from 1868, a room full of moving models, and three mechanisms worth watching.
Read the story ↗THE LATEST DISPATCH / 22 ARTICLESBrowse the releases ↗
Fresh from the bench
View all articles ↗
Competition Watch · Demo
Watch a robot recover after a missed pickup
A competition observation sheet for the moments between points.
Bio-Inspired Corner · Demo
A soft finger begins with a bending test
Study one actuator before building the whole hand.
Field Notes · Demo
The notebook I would take into a first lab session
A sample Field Notes format for recording work at HIT.
Take a Stand · Demo
Publish the failed run beside the successful one
An argument for more useful robotics build reports.
The Rundown · Demo
A reading list for your next mechanism problem
Three starting points for a slow afternoon at the workbench.
Under the Hood · Demo
Choosing a dev board starts with the peripherals
Write the pin map before you compare processor speeds.
The VnV dispatch
Read the next dispatch.
Mechanisms, build notes, and considered opinions. New writing each week, with links to the work behind it.
Follow the dispatch ↗Read on the site or add VnV to your RSS reader.
Find your thread
Seven ways into robotics ↗01 ↗
The Rundown
News, research, and useful things to read.
02 ↗Under the Hood
Mechanisms, electronics, and control explained.
03 ↗Build Logs
Decisions, tests, and the next revision.
04 ↗Competition Watch
The robots, the rules, and the teams.
05 ↗Bio-Inspired Corner
Soft machines and ideas borrowed from nature.
06 ↗Field Notes
A robotics student’s perspective from China.
07 ↗Take a Stand
Opinions with something to back them up.
YOUR TURN ↗Bring your work.
Send a project, an observation, or an argument.