This is a project I’ve had on the shelf for quite some time (2 years or so), and only just now finished up. Ever since I saw these HEXBUG Battle Spiders, I’ve wanted to tear them apart and supply them with a more capable brain. These Battle Spiders are mechanically really interesting. All the 6 legs are powered with a ...
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Inspiration struck me the other day and I’ve come up with a new project. I’m going to use a Raspberry PI for it, since I am such a fan of Linux, to make a remote control for the EV3. It’s going to use an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) to control the WiFi connected robot. I ordered the list of component ...
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When Melanie Steiner contacted me some time ago with a question about using joystick control in combination with the Mindsensors NXTServo controller, I got curious. What was she making? It turned out she is one of the members of a small group of students in Switzerland who were taking part in a contest. The task was to make a system ...
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The folks at Dexter Industries don’t seem to need any sleep, it seems. They’ve published a new set of program samples that allow you to communicate with your robot over WiFi through WebSocket using the dWiFi sensor. What is WebSocket, I hear you ask? According to Wiki: WebSocket is a web technology providing for bi-directional, full-duplex communications channels over a ...
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