4tronix are now offering a new motor controller board called the MicRoCon. I got one of these in the post the other day and I’ve soldered it together (very easy) but not had the chance to play with it yet.…
Category: Robotics
4tronix publishes a grand tour of their #RaspberryPi motor board the PiRoCon
Online retailer and innovator 4tronix have published an extensive guide to their motor controller board, the PiRoCon, detailing all the different connections and options available on the board. Well worth a look if you’re after something a bit more substantial…
A Lego 4×4 Crawler controlled by a #RaspberryPi
Karl Herrick, together with his kids, built a Lego 4×4 Crawler remote controlled car then added a Raspberry Pi, with camera. He paired it with a Nexus 4 smartphone and used ssh to issue remote commands to control it. Read…
Line following self-balancing robot controlled by a #RaspberryPi
Samuel Matos has developed a self-balancing robot and has now added a line-following ability to it. You can follow his progress, including a lot of details about the build and algorithms used, on his blog – http://roboticssamy.blogspot.pt/
Request for help – motor controller boards for the #RaspberryPi
Hello blog readers. First of all, thanks for reading – you make writing this blog worthwhile and it’s great to hear from a few of you from time-to-time, so keep those comments coming in. Very soon, I’m going to be…
Hijacking a Robosapien with a #RaspberryPi
Element14 blogger ’emotep’ has taken an old Robosapien robot and converted it for use with the Raspberry Pi and a LIRC infrared dongle. It’s a great project because it shows that you can recycle your old tech with a Pi…
Creating a robot with the #RaspberryPi and an #Arduino
Arnaud Boudou has written up his project to create a robot (RaspiDuinoRover) using a Raspberry Pi hooked up to an Arduino and some other bits and pieces. Included in this project is a DIY light source for the camera. Great…
Add video streaming from your #RaspberryPi robot to a web device
This article from Linux User & Developer builds upon their previous work to do with building a robot with a Pi. To start with, the article takes you through using mpeg-streamer very nicely to stream video from your Pi Cam.…
Your #RaspberryPi can read e-books to you with BrickPi
The folks over at Dexter Industries, creators of the BrickPi, have been busy at work creating a way for your Pi to read books to you. BrickPi is an add-on board which allows your Pi to communicate with LEGO Mindstorms…
Pimoroni now stocks the Laika robotics board for #RaspberryPi
Following their successful Kickstarter campaign, Team Laika has licenced Pimoroni to sell their excellent robotics board, the Laika Explorer. This board has the following: 2x analogue and 4x digital inputs – to connect sensors, switches and other input devices. 7x…