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 [...]
I’ve been dabbling with Robot Virtual World (RVW) worlds a bit lately. If you’ve never played with that before then let me take a second to explain it. RVW is a 3D virtual robotics system made by Robomatter, which allows you to program and control several different robot models, using [...]
Today, my friends from DHL brought me some new toys! Thanks to Yassine from Generation Robots for sending me these to play with: A pre-production model of the Wheelphone robot – a robot frame that can be connected to either an iPhone or an Android phone A Seeedstudio DSO Quad, [...]
I’ve been working on a Robocup Junior soccer playing robot, based on the new upcoming MINDSTORMS EV3 system. I just wanted to give you a sneak peek at what it looks like. This is probably rebuild number 15 or so, as I’ve been working on this since before December last [...]
Some exciting things are happening with Dexter Industries. Earlier this week they announced they’re working on a couple of mystery products. Here they are, as they appear on the DI website. Mystery Project #1 This appears to be a Raspberry Pi with a custom shield on top of it that [...]
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