Just a quickie. Simon Walters has created a Scratch-remote-controlled robot that fires a BigTrak missile launcher.
Category: Robotics
A #RaspberryPi, Dancing Lego and Five Servos
Pierre Villeneuve has created a LEGO/Raspberry Pi combination that “dances” in time to music. Here’a a video: For a full write-up and a link to the code, visit his blog.
#RaspberryPi Doggie Treat Dispenser
Well-known techie Ben Heck continues to build a dog treat dispenser (with remote controls and webcam) with his Raspberry Pi.
#RaspberryPi camera lifts off onboard a quadcopter
JBAnovling has published a video of his Quadcopter. It has a Raspberry Pi at it’s core and the video shows a comparison of using the camera module and a keychain camera. Great stuff!
World’s first #RaspberryPi/Scratch robot to do maze navigation
(World’s first as far as we know!) Rivington Foundation Primary School in Lancashire, UK has had a team of a student and a teacher working on a Raspberry Pi-powered wheeled robot that navigates through mazes. It uses an ultrasonic detector…
Pi-Rex, a bark-activated door opener with the #RaspberryPi
David Hunt has created a mechanism that detects the noise of his dog barking and then opens the back door to allow her to go out for a comfort break. It involves a noise detection circuit, an actuator and a…
#RaspberryPi powered RoboKeg, the 3D printed hand-free beer dispenser
Chris Jeane, David Kay, Ed Paulosky and Peter Verrillo have developed an automated beer dispensing system using a Raspberry Pi. You scan a chip on a wrist band and then the 3D-printed apparatus dispenses your beer! 3ders.org have covered this…
Controlling an RC car using a Wii Balance Board and #RaspberryPi
Conor O’Neill has been experimenting with using a Wii balance board and the cwiid library to control an i-racer remote control car via a Raspberry Pi. Read more here or watch the video below
Robotic insects make first controlled flight
This is nothing to do with the Raspberry Pi, but it is cool enough that I felt I had to blog about it. A group of researchers at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a flying robot…
DronePi gets a makeover with a #RaspberryPi model A
Over at PiStuffing, Hove has been busy replacing parts on his DronePi – a four-blade RC copter. He now uses a Model A Raspberry Pi as the heart. You can read more about it here. You can also read about his…