{"id":2471,"date":"2013-02-26T06:58:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T06:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2013-02-26T06:58:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T06:58:04","slug":"educational-robot-the-finch-gets-raspberrypi-support-raspberry_pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2471","title":{"rendered":"Educational robot The Finch gets #RaspberryPi support \/ @Raspberry_Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdbraintechnologies.com\/\">BirdBrain Technologies<\/a>&#8216; robot product, The Finch, has been given <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finchrobot.com\/raspberry-pi\">support on the Raspberry Pi<\/a>. Here&#8217;s what they say about it on their site:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Finch is a new robot for computer science education. Its design is the result of a four year study at Carnegie Mellon&#8217;s CREATE lab.<\/p>\n<p>The Finch is designed to support an engaging introduction to the art of programming. It has support for over a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.finchrobot.com\/software-overview\" target=\"_blank\">dozen programming languages and environments<\/a>, including several environments appropriate for students as young as eight years old.<\/p>\n<p>The Finch was designed to allow students to write richly interactive programs. On-board features include:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Light, temperature, and obstacle sensors<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Accelerometers<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Motors<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Buzzer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Full-color beak LED<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Pen mount for drawing capability<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Plugs into USB port &#8211; no batteries required<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>The Finch is manufactured under license from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carnegie Mellon University<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of it in action:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Imq5lo3HuE\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.finchrobot.com\/\">The Finch is available for about $99 from their site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BirdBrain Technologies&#8216; robot product, The Finch, has been given support on the Raspberry Pi. 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