Carl Monk has blogged about his experience building and using the MeArm from Phenoptix. The MeArm is a kit made from plastic which, when assembled, gives you a robotic arm controlled using servos. Carl has developed a web interface using the Flash…
Category: Robotics
Linux User Raspberry Pi robotics guide
In a recent Linux User magazine, they featured a great section all about the different types of robots out there for the Raspberry Pi. The editors decided to base the article around the Pi Wars challenges, which was very nice…
4tronix Agobo review – a cheap, hackable robotics kit for the Raspberry Pi
Gareth from 4tronix was kind enough to send me one of these to review and say what I like about it. Introduction The 4tronix Agobo is a robotics kit for the Raspberry Pi model A+. It comes as a kit…
Raspberry Pi Wifi-Controlled Cat Laser Toy
PLEASE READ THE NOTES OF CAUTION BELOW I wasn’t going to feature this and then I thought I would with a note of caution. Here’s an Adafruit tutorial in which you construct a remotely-operated laser-pointer cat toy. The project provides…
A Raspberry Pi remote controlled police van
“seeourfamilytravels” (actual name unknown) has taken a Pi and shrouded it in a chassis that looks like an old-fashioned police van. Details of his build are here and you can view a video of the project above.
Competitions galore for Raspberry Pi robotics kits
This month’s Linux User and Developer Magazine (issue 147) is a robotics special and, very flatteringly, they’ve based it all on the challenges from Pi Wars! It’s an excellent series of articles from the magazine that has proved itself to…
Raspberry Pi Today Podcast – Pi Wars
Russell Barnes of RasPi.Today came along to Pi Wars on Saturday and has created a podcast out of all the interviews he conducted while he was there. Head over to RasPi.Today to listen to it.
Fantastic Pi Wars video – The TractorBot Story
Frank Carver has just posted up a brilliant Pi Wars video – it’s the story of TractorBot, made by Ipswich Makerspace. They eventually won Best Robot Under £75 and were the champions of the Obstacle Course. (You can view an…
Adventures with an iPad controlled Raspberry Pi robot
Richard Saville, aka the Average Man, got himself a robotics kit from Dawn Robotics, assembled it and downloaded a pre-built image. He now has a robot that he controls via an iPad, which he takes to Raspberry Jams. He’s written up…
Parkinson’s Disease experience uses Raspberry Pi
Liam Jarvis, of the University of London at Royal Holloway, and his team from the Analogue Theatre Company have created an experiential art installation called Transports. Here’s what New Scientist has to say about this incredible project: It aims to simulate…