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Following a successful Kickstarter<\/a>, Mime Industries are now starting to deliver their interesting robotic arm kit, the MeArm Pi<\/a>, an update to their previous MeArm. The new kit comes with a HAT to control the arm via two mini joysticks and the arm itself has been completely redesigned to be much easier to assemble and use. In a recent issue of The MagPi<\/a>, the magazine team reviewed the MeArm Pi and now they’ve published the article online – you can read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following a successful Kickstarter, Mime Industries are now starting to deliver their interesting robotic arm kit, the MeArm Pi, an update to their previous MeArm. The new kit comes with a HAT to control the arm via two mini joysticks…<\/p>\n

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