I’m not sure whether this is genius or overkill. Joseph Rogers has made a robot out of a Pi and a Gertduino, then added a wifi router to the pack and powered it all using three (!) power sources. He’s…
Category: Robotics
BBC Buggy controlled by a Raspberry Pi
Not loads of detail on this, but it looks fun. Steve Battle has taken an old BBC Buggy (from 1983!) and strapped a Raspberry Pi to it. He’s used two GPIO boards – the IO Pi from AB Electronics and…
Self-balancing 3D-printed Raspberry Pi robot
Paolo Negrini wanted to build himself a self-balancing robot. So, he’s used an Arduino Mega to read all the sensors and then added a Pi as the communications and data-transfer hub. He then printed out the chassis parts on his…
Browser controlled RC truck drone using a Raspberry Pi
vace117 has taken an old remote controlled truck, ripped the innards out, replaced it with a Raspberry Pi and then strapped an Android phone to the top to provide a video feed. (Yes, he could’ve used the Pi camera, but…
Pi Wars tickets still available
Tickets for the Pi Wars robotics competition are now available. Competitor tickets are currently sold out. However, we hope to increase this number so please do join the waiting list. Competitor tickets are £5 when available. Tickets for spectators are also available, at…
Raspberry Pi level crossing for model trains
Just a quickie this one. Dave Featherston has taken a Pi, a couple of stepper motors (with driver boards), some wood, some toothpicks and some straws, soldered up a couple of bits of perfboard, added a buzzer and created this rather…
Control servos with the Raspberry Pi
Rob Zwetsloot at Linux User and Developer magazine has written a tutorial on controlling servos. He uses the Adafruit servo controller board to do this and he’s included the Fritzing diagram and code samples to help you replicate his work. Take…
Underwater ROV with a Raspberry Pi onboard
This is one of my personal ‘Holy Grails’ – an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle containing a Pi. Although it’s not controlled by the Pi, I think this one counts! Tim Jagenberg and his son are currently attending the Maker Faire in Trondheim…
Hacking Big Trak with the Raspberry Pi – podcast
Russell Barnes has conducted an interview with engineer Leo White about his projects involving kids’ toy BigTrak. You can listen to the podcast here.
Solve a Rubik’s Cube with a Raspberry Pi
Zijiang, over at Makeblock, has created a robotic apparatus that will solve a Rubik’s cube. It has four robotic arms which pivot to turn the sides of the cube and the whole thing is controlled by a Raspberry Pi. Take…