Amazing piece of hack-and-make from Drew Fustini and the Pumping Station One team presented at the SXSW Create show. It picks up components and assembles them onto a circuit board according to what the user has chosen to build. The…
Category: Robotics
FishPi : one year on – autonomous Atlantic crossing with a #RaspberryPi
Great update from the FishPi team about their current progress on developing an autonomous vehicle to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Read the article
Pan & Tilt Face Tracker with a #RaspberryPi
Michael at MitchTech has been busy. He’s written a tutorial, including wiring diagrams, on creating a pan-and-tilt face tracking system with a Microsoft LifeCam, a special bracket and a couple of servo motors. Read the tutorial here I’ll look more…
Using Raspberry Pi and LEGO Mindstorms together for robotics #RaspberryPi @Raspberry_Pi
This is a good tutorial from Dexter Industries on using the Raspberry Pi in conjunction with the LEGO Mindstorms system to build a simple “robot” car. Read the tutorial
Make a flag wave with a #RaspberryPi
This great how-to from RasPi.tv details how to make a flag-waving rig with your Raspberry Pi and some bits and pieces. So, head on over to RasPi.TV and start making your flag-waving demo!
Tracking faces with a webcam and servos with the #RaspberryPi / @Raspberry_Pi
Grintor has published an Instructable on setting up the Raspberry Pi and some servo motors to pan & tilt a webcam to do face tracking.
Raspberry Jamboree – intro to robotics with the #RaspberryPi session
Cymplecy has published information about their successful session on robotics with the Raspberry Pi at the Raspberry Jamboree on the 9th March. Their page shows videos of the practical side of the session and there is a link to the…
#RaspberryPi Model Railway Controller / @Raspberry_Pi
Peter Wallen has interfaced a Raspberry Pi to a model railway using a DCC controller and hall-effect switches to provide position feedback from the track. Raspberry Pi Model Railway Controller – YouTube.
Free Webinar for #RaspberryPi enthusiasts about the PiFace and Gertboard
From the element14 website: This webinar will be hosted by element14 luminaries Drew Fustini and Cabe Atwell in which they will discuss the next stage in the Raspberry Pi revolution: the development of easy to use accessories. Drew and Cabe…
PicoBorg small motor controller for #RaspberryPi
Updated 5th March 2013 with an extra photo – thanks PiBorg! Here’s a new board from PiBorg. It can turn on and off 4 devices including fans, motors solenoids and relays etc from the Raspberry Pi. It comes in two…