Andrew Oakley has created a robot out of LEGO with a Raspberry Pi controlling all the motors and steering etc. He’s done a complete walk-through of the build and listed the parts you need to replicate his work. Read it…
Category: Robotics
4-note piano with a #RaspberryPi and a #PicoBorg
The guys over at Governor Technology have taken a Raspberry Pi, a PiBorg, a PicoBorg and some solenoids and created a 4-note piano. Take a look and see how they did it and play the piano live! Read it here
Remote controlled buggy with a #RaspberryPi and a #PiFace
Steve Breuning has been experimenting with a Pi Face board and has managed to create a remote controlled buggy. He’s described how he did it on his blog. Read it here
Cambridge Raspberry Jam – 20th July 2013 – My write-up! #raspberrypi #raspberryjam
Note: This is very long… Grab a coffee. It took a while to write! Around 50 Raspberry Pi enthusiasts descended on the Milton Road Science Park headquarters of Cambridge Consultants on Saturday for the 2nd 2013 Cambridge Raspberry Jam. I’d…
#RaspberryPi powered Hexapod comes together
Dan Durusky has been building a hexapod robot called B.E.T.H. He’s just finished crowding the parts into the chassis and has provided a lot of detail as to the components used. Take a look at the project update here and see how…
BrickPi for LEGO MINDSTORMS and #RaspberryPi now available for pre-order
Dexter Industries had a successful Kickstarter recently for “BrickPi”… Well, that’s underplaying it – they reached a whopping 6,751% of their funding, which is the biggest over-fund I think I’ve ever seen. Simply put, BrickPi turns the Raspberry Pi…
4-legged semi-transforming robot with the #RaspberryPi
Here’s a great robot made using a Raspberry Pi as it’s brain. No details on how it was done, but I’m hoping to find out some more. In the meantime, take a look at the video:
PiBot: Build your own #RaspberryPi powered robot
Wolfram Donat has written a 40-page guide to creating a small, mobile robot. It’s available as a paperback and a Kindle e-book. Here’s a link to the Kindle version.
Mini rover with night vision powered by a #RaspberryPi
Over on Makezine, Clayton Ritcher has created a 3x6x4 inch Raspberry Pi-powered rover. Here’s what he has to say about it: The Raspberry Rover is a small RC car with a Raspberry Pi for a brain. It is controlled over…
Installing Groovy ROS on the #RaspberryPi
ROS (Robot Operating System) provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more. Installing ROS Groovy has now been made easier by a new repository…