The MagPi has published its review of the 4tronix RoboHAT online. The amazingly positive review of this great HAT previously appeared in the print version and you can read it here. I reviewed the RoboHAT a couple of months ago and you…
Category: Robotics
Pi Wars 2017 – challenges and dates announced for Raspberry Pi robotics competition / #PiWars
Over at piwars.org, we have just announced more information about the next competition, due to take place on 1st April 2017 at the Cambridge Computer Laboratory. You can read all about the expected challenges and make a note of entry…
Earthquake notifications with a Raspberry Pi
Russell Grokett has taken a Raspberry Pi and fed in data from the USGS (United States Geological Survey). He has then put a box around the Pi and added an LCD screen and some motors. When an earthquake is detected, the LCD…
Add personality to your projects with the McRoboFace for the Raspberry Pi
Gareth over at 4tronix has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund McRoboFace: 17 bright (Neopixel-type) RGB LEDs in a “friendly face” formation. The board is controllable from a Raspberry Pi, Crumble, Arduino and other base boards. I’ve featured the…
Embedding a Raspberry Pi Zero in a Robosapien
The good old Robosapien gets a Raspberry Pi brain in this great write-up from Carl Monk. The Zero is used to interface with the IR port to enable him to control the robot via wifi. Read more here and see the…
MotoZero – a motor controller board for the Raspberry Pi – review
On Wednesday, The Pi Hut launched two new products, which I covered here. The first of these, the MotoZero, is a new Zero-form-factor motor controller board that fits on top of any 40-pin Raspberry Pi. I’ve now had a chance…
Make your own Raspberry Pi Mini Pi Noon-qualifying robot
Alex Ellis has written a lovely bare-bones tutorial over on GitHub that uses a Zumo robot kit and the Explorer pHAT, together with a Pi Zero, to create a robot that is sub-A6, which is the size you need to…
New products from The Pi Hut and Average Man for the Raspberry Pi
Today sees the release of two brand new products, available exclusively from The Pi Hut and designed by Richard Saville (aka the Average Man). The first is a very pretty new motor driver board called MotoZero. It allows you to control four…
Controlling a robot arm with analog sliders and a Raspberry Pi
Richard Saville, aka The Average Man, has created a brilliant showpiece for Jams and other events. He’s taken a robot arm controlled by 6 servos and hooked it up to an ABelectronics servo controller board. He added a NiMH battery to…
Pi Wars 3 – 1st April 2017 – Raspberry Pi challenge-based robotics competition
Pi Wars returns! Our Raspberry Pi challenge-based robotics competition will be back on 1st April 2017 at the Cambridge Computer Laboratory. To register your interest as a competing team, please fill out this form on the Pi Wars website. To…