Mark Williams has been working on a two-wheeled balancing robot using a Raspberry Pi to do some impressive calculations. It uses an accelerometer to work out angles and gyros to compensate for overbalance. Here’s a video of the robot in…
Category: Robotics
First demo of motor control for #RaspberryPi camera platform / @Raspberry_Pi
I decided this morning to shoot a video of my progress so far on the SpacePi, which is intended to be a motorised platform for taking astronomical photographs using the Raspberry Pi with the official camera module. Here are the…
Tim Moore speaks about Robots in Schools and the #RaspberryPi
Tim Moore, at a Raspberry Jam on 8th April 2013, speaks about robots and Raspberry Pi in schools.
BrickPi – mash a #RaspberryPi with LEGO Mindstorms
Here’s a new project to easily turn a Raspberry Pi into a controller for motors and sensors using the LEGO Mindstorms platform. You have to browse around their site a bit, and you do have to source your own circuit…
Etch-a-Pi – Etch-a-Sketch with the #RaspberryPi
Sean Clark has written up his project to create an Etch-a-Sketch powered by a Raspberry Pi using stepper motors. Read all about it here
Tiberius – a moon rover using dual Raspberry Pis / @Raspberry_Pi
A group of 4th Year MEng students from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh have created a remote-controlled rugged 4-wheel drive “moon buggy” using two Raspberry Pis at it’s core. The students, Calum Morrison, Neil Comerford and Joshua Walhane have recorded…
Controlling servo motors on the #RaspberryPi
As part of my “SpacePi” Raspberry Pi astronomy project, I want to be able to control the orientation of the camera module remotely. I want to be able to sit away from the camera rig and control where it is…
OctoPrint – control a 3D printer from a #RaspberryPi
Another quickie – just a link to a repository for OctoPrint which provides a responsive web interface for controlling a 3D printer (RepRap, Ultimaker etc). Get the code here
Airborne! #RaspberryPi quadrocopter
Bart has reported on a successful flight of a Raspberry Pi powered quadrocopter piloted by friend Matthew. Read more here or view the video below.
BBC article on the Fish Pi – a #RaspberryPi for the ocean
The BBC has done a very good, in-depth article on Greg Holloway’s FishPi project to send a Pi across the ocean in an autonomous boat. Read the article here