BotBench can now also be found on Tumblr! It won’t replace this blog, but it’s a good place for me to put small titbits of news out there that would otherwise just clog up this main site. I’m busy working on the appearance of it, so it’s likely to change [...]
I was approached last week by TechWeek to take part in a competition to design an office device. My device is a fairly simple one, maybe not to make, but certainly to use. What is it? It’s the iPIckU, a RaspberryPi based device to help you pick a volunteer for [...]
Pepijn de Vos, who runs Studle.es, has made all of his building instructions available to everyone for free. His reason? Simple: …I concluded that I feel better about sharing them with as many people as possible than sharing them with a handful and making a few bucks. Despite all the [...]
The people who watched last week’s Webinar, got a glimpse of what’s coming in ROBOTC 4.x. I’m very excited about this as it will support two new platforms: the VEX IQ and of course the new MINDSTORMS EV3. I’m currently working on overhauling the Driver Suite, so it will be [...]
Dexter Industries have launched a Kickstarter project for the BrickPi! Become a backer and get one of these super cool shields for your Raspberry Pi. I wrote about the BrickPi not that long ago and I think this a really awesome addition to the Raspberry Pi ecosphere! As of writing [...]
I wrote an article a little while back for the May/June 2013 issue of Robot Magazine entitled “Pointers and Data Structures in ROBOTC”. You can now download the PDFs for the individual pages here! I hope you find it useful. [Page 1] [Page 2] [Page 3] You can find the [...]
The BrickPi is Dexter Industries latest project. It’s an interface board, or shield, for the super popular Raspberry Pi, a cheap ($25) and small but very powerful processor board that runs Linux. The BrickPi allows you to easily interface your NXT motors and sensors with the RasPi, without having to [...]
There is an exciting new challenge for kids between the ages of 13 and 17. How can you enter? First you must create a 2 minute video, explaining how you would tackle two global issues that affect Planet Earth. You also have to outline a plan of how you would [...]
According to LEGO Education’s US website, they will commence shipping of the EV3 Education kits starting August 1, 2013. There is no firm date from the retail side. You can read the full details here: [LINK].
The summer of 2013 is gearing up to be more than just a time for chilling by the pool! The 2013 Summer of Learning is sponsored by Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Academy and uses their Computer Science Student Network (CS2N) Project to host all training plus resources provided by The Robotics [...]
Copyright © 2013 Bot Bench. All Rights Reserved.
RSS Feed
Contact
Twitter
Facebook
Linkedin
YouTube
Comments