We celebrate the new Raspberry Pi board with three fresh projects from robotics. The new Pi Zero is definitely a hit in the hobbyists area since the first 20,000 boards were sold out in the first 24 hours. This information is impressive even for a well-known prototyping board from the Pi family. After a few days of Zero life, we discover some interesting projects in robotics. But this is just the beginning. We’re still waiting to see more distinguishes and innovative ideas to work with this Linux board. Here are the first three projects with Pi Zero: PiZero controlling a
The First 3 Projects with Raspberry Pi Zero in Robotics
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This Video Shows How Easy Is to Control A Robot with The Raspberry Pi Internet of Things Framework
The Internet of Things is a new concept aimed to connect and control the things over the Internet. With a powerful prototyping board such as Raspberry Pi 2, you can control your robot wherever you are using a computer or a smartphone. Your work to connect and control a Raspberry Pi 2 robot via IoT can be easier using the WebIOPi framework. The WebIOPi framework is developed to control, debug and use the GPIO pins of Pi from an application or a web browser. As you can see in the video, with a simple application on a smartphone, you can
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5+ Books for Raspberry Pi 2 Makers
So, you are a Raspberry Pi 2 maker? As a devoted reader of what is new in the DIY community and especially in the Raspberry Pi area, I want to introduce you to the Amazon’s online library area of the best books to learn and build things with Raspberry Pi 2. Below, I explore more than seven of the best Raspberry Pi 2 books which largely explains how to program and interface with hardware, build the first project and up to creative ideas for your Raspberry Pi 2. Beginning Raspberry Pi 2 RASPBERRY PI: Raspberry Pi 2: The Ultimate Beginner’s
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How To Build a Balancing Robot
After line following robot and obstacle detection, building a balancing robot is most probably the next option for a maker. This video is the first part of a series of videos that explains how to build parts for a balancing robot using CNC machines and materials such as aluminum and nylon sheets. As the video explains, most of the components are on the shelf while an Arduino microcontroller is the heart of the robot. Check out the video for more handy tips. This video is the second part of the series where the designer Kris Temmerman shows us how to
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What is The Result When a Maker Turn An Old Shoe into a Mobile Robot?
If you haven’t had enough mobile platforms to play with, an old shoe is a funny way to make it moving. This DIY shoe robot is easy to assemble and code. The designer uses a Raspberry Pi board and several sensors to turn the old shoe into a fully functional mobile robot. See it in action in the video above.
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What is Google’s Cloud Vision API?
Cloud Vision API uses the Google’s image recognition tools to understand better images – and this is now available for free trial. Why is this so useful in robotics? Well, it is clear that we need smart robots. Robots able to see and understand the content within the images. The service allows a robot to detect, for example, a face from an image. Of course, in the computer vision area there are no limits. Check the video below to see how the system works and a demonstration with a Raspberry Pi platform that uses the Google’s Cloud Vision API.
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The DiddyBorg kit is like a Rolls Royce for the Raspberry Pi makers. And it’s not just because the kit is made in the UK from where is the British car manufacturer, is not just about the money (it starts at $271 without Pi and additional parts), it’s about its features and how is built. The DiddyBorg kit comes incomplete. You can play with this robot after you add additional parts such as a Raspberry Pi board and a pack of rechargeable batteries. Well, you may ask me why I compare it with a Rolls Royce since the car comes
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The DIY community is very dynamic, and some of the makers have showcased their projects. The projects explored below are not randomly chosen. All of these are projects which I believe can produce new ideas, creates new possibilities, or simply inspire you to do more. Below are four new project from the DIY community. Mobile Robot for Collecting Purpose (Success) How hard is to build a robot able to detect and handle an object? This project is the one designed to detect and push an object in a determined place. The robot has attached a Samsung smartphone and used its
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The RasPi Robot Board
Adafruit introduced in its product list the RasPi robot board v3 by MonkMakes. The board is priced at $29.95. RasPi does two things essential for the Raspberry Pi Model A+, B+ and Pi 2: it is an expansion board that fits right on top of your Pi’s GPIO socket, so it turns your Pi into a motor controller; allows you to supply your Raspberry Pi from a variety of battery pack; RasPi includes the L293D H-Bridge motor driver chip. This motor driver chip allows you to control two motors independently.
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Insanely DIY Self-Driving Robot Car
This self-driving car project is a piece of DIY artificial intelligence designed by Zheng Wang. The project is the perfect choice for those who wants to deal with self-driving rovers on roads. The designer modifies a simple RC car to handle three tasks: self-driving on the track; stop sign and traffic light detection; front collision avoidance; All these three tasks have been possible due to three subsystems: input unit with a camera and an ultrasonic sensor; processing unit with a Raspberry Pi; RC car control unit; Check the links below for the guide and all the code needed to make
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25+ Fresh and Impressive DIY Robots
Sometimes it’s just amazing to see what some talented makers and hackers achieved in robotics using some basic components and parts. In fact, they deliver powerfully, innovative and functional DIY projects which are easy to replicate at home and nice to see in action. Recently we’ve listed 10+ best ideas for cheap Arduino UNO projects and 10+ awesome Raspberry Pi 2 robots. Now we’ve selected 28 more fresh, clean and impressive DIY robots. Let’s take a look. EEZYbotDELTA MT-20: Functional 3D Printed Robot BB-8 Droid, 3D Printed & Remote Controlled Self balancing robot AVA Obstacle avoiding robot using arduino How
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How To Build A Large Robot Rover
Free professional robotics projects always come in handy. Therefore, in most cases, it’s useful to think of free robot projects as a playground for your imagination. Whether you are looking for inspiration, professional coding or engineering solutions — in all three cases you can learn a lot, you can apply them, and you can build customized robots upon them without reinventing the wheel all the time. A large robot rover is hard to design, require more time and, even more, a considerable budget. However, to build a unique robot rover, sometimes it’s not enough to assemble some parts or write
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Raspberry Pi 2 Kits Perfect for Pi-Devoted Beginners
The best thing about the Raspberry Pi 2 kits is that they allow you to learn and build robots fast just as quickly as you purchased them. You can have mobile robots, robot arms or even your humanoid robot. Instead of searching through online stores to select what needs to build Raspberry Pi 2 robots, you can simply use one of these kits knowing exactly what you are doing. The learning and building curves are easier to climb, and the results are easier to compare. More than that, you can have support and tutorials from the beginning to the end.
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How To Build A Mobile Robot with Raspberry Pi and CamJam EduKit 3
Free Raspberry Pi projects always come in handy. Therefore, in most cases, it’s useful to think of free Raspberry Pi robots as a playground for your imagination. Whether you are looking for inspiration, professional coding or engineering solutions — in all three cases you can learn a lot, you can apply them, and you can build customized robots upon them without reinventing the wheel all the time. A mobile robot controlled by a Raspberry Pi board is not hard to design but require time and budget. Using a kit with electronics and mechanics is the effortless solution for beginners and
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Windows 10 Tutorials for the Raspberry Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi 3 – Best Of
Raspberry Pi is usually the first option to consider when we talk about single board computers in robotics and automation. However, this development board is focused on supporting a variety of operating systems including Linux distributions and the Windows 10 IoT Core. For instance, if you plan to run the Windows 10 IoT Core, the operating system is not always intuitive, and you need good support for an efficient use of the operating system. However, you don’t need to search through thousands Windows 10 features and extension to solve every Raspberry Pi problem. You can search through professional tutorials which
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How to Build a Raspberry Pi Zero Humanoid Robot with Java
Free Raspberry Pi Zero projects always come in handy. Therefore, in most cases, it’s useful to think of free Raspberry Pi Zero humanoid robots as a playground for your imagination. Whether you are looking for ideas or engineering solutions — in all the cases you can learn a lot, and start building your customized humanoid robot without reinventing the wheel all the time. Building from scratch a humanoid robot controlled by a Raspberry Pi Zero board is hard to design and require time and budget. Using a hackable humanoid robot kit is the effortless solution for both beginners and professional
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The Hobbyist’s Guide to DC Motor Controllers for Every Budget
There is no doubt the DC motor controllers are one of the most used parts in robotics and not only. Sure, countless of them are cheap enough for DIY projects and compatible with prototyping boards such as Arduino or Raspberry Pi. The price of DC motor controllers ranging from several dollars and up to hundreds of dollars. It’s no wonder that the roboticists and hobbyists use motor controllers daily to build a large variety of projects on its sturdy back. In this article, we present a hand-picked collection of DC motor controllers for makers and hackers. In addition to them,
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ODOI project
This is a guest post. Thank you Fabrice R. Noreils. 1. The Objective The main objective is to design a medium size humanoid robot (around 90 cm) and create a niche market which is considering humanoid robot like an art. The robot will be able to walk like a human, thanks to the innovative design of mechanical structure and associated algorithms, perform task and, very important point, equipped with outifts/outshells created by famous designers in order to meet different communities’ expectations. 2. How to reach it In order to reach this ambitious target, several objectives have been defined: The first
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A Remote Controlled Metal Detector Robot with Raspberry Pi
This is a remote controlled robot equipped with a metal detector, a pan&tilt kit camera for live video streaming, GPS, and a compass module to locate his position and detect the direction. As you can see in the video demonstration, the mobile robot features four wheels which are too small to drive on unpaved roads. This design issue can slow down the robot and spoil your metal detector sensor. With this robot, you may not be able to detect a treasure, but at least you can detect some screws and wires. Discoverer remote controlled robot with a Raspberry Pi on
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MIT’s Self-Driving Robot for Makers & Thinkers
This autonomous 2WD mobile platform isn’t just the most smartest self-driving robot I’ve ever listed, it’s one of the most cheapest DIY project I’ve ever posted. Duckietown, a research project at MIT, is an open source and reproducible autonomous car … Read more →
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