Thursday saw the publication of the newest issue of the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s magazine The MagPi. This month there is a special feature on the new Raspberry Pi camera module as well as lots of articles from the community. It’s especially nice…
Category: Robotics
PiBorg motor controller board for the Raspberry Pi Zero – Campaign nearing end
Hi everyone. This is just a quick reminder about Pi Borg’s campaign to raise funds to develop ZeroBorg, which is a motor controller board suitable for use with the Raspberry Pi Zero. I previously covered it here and, with the campaign entering…
Further adventures with the Raspberry Pi and CamJam EduKit 3
Cat Lamin previously reviewed her initial use of CamJam EduKit 3 with her friend Louise. Well, now the ladies have had another hack session and progressed to using the sensors included in the kit. She recounts their escapades here.
Review of CamJam EduKit 3 Robotics by Cat Lamin
Cat Lamin is a primary school teacher (and Raspberry Pi Certified Educator) and has recently got hold of CamJam EduKit 3 Robotics. The kit is a collection of electronic components that will help you get started with robotics using the Raspberry Pi and…
Raspberry Pi-based Braille e-book reader prototype
Bristol Braille Technology is working on a more affordable replacement for traditional Braille reading machines. Under the hood is a Raspberry Pi running C and Python, controlling off-the-shelf motors and plastic gears to create the Braille text. Traditionally, Braille machines can…
Motorised Connect 4 game using a Raspberry Pi
David Pride decided he wanted to hack something both fun and complicated and so decided to build a motorised Connect 4 game. Called 4-Bot, the project allows a human player to play the Raspberry Pi at the popular game. The Pi works…
PiBorg launches new motor controller for the Raspberry Pi Zero
PiBorg, the small company based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire who created the Doodleborg and Diddyborg robots (as well as lots of other boards, bots and, of course the excellent turntable at this year’s Pi Wars), have this morning announced the…
Build a tiny robot using a Raspberry Pi and CamJam EduKit 3 – Bring it to the Pi Party!
CamJam EduKit 3, which will soon be available again from The Pi Hut, is a cheap robotics kit for the Raspberry Pi. For £17 (plus delivery) you get everything you need to start experimenting with robotics. Add a chassis and…
Swarming robot boats powered by Raspberry Pis
Dr Anders Lyhne Christensen, from BioMachines Lab of the Institute of Telecommunications in Portugal has developed a swarm of aquatic robots and they are all powered by Raspberry Pis. They communicate with each other over an adhoc wireless network. The boats…
iPhone game played automatically with a Raspberry Pi and a Gertbot
Junya Sakamoto wanted a little help with the later levels of Puzzle & Dragons (which is big in Japan). So he added a Gertbot to his Raspberry Pi and then hooked up some motors and a rig to allow the Pi to…