Robotics – Automation Projects

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R2D2pi

R2D2 toy shell brought to life using a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Story My daughter got an R2D2 toy believing it was electronically controlled, just to find out that it was only an empty shell. She was very disappointed, so I said I could probably make it come alive. So this is where it all […]

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Build a Ballistic Parachute Recovery System for Your Drone

Starting on December 21, 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began requiring hobbyists to register their Unmanned Aerial Systems – often referred to as drones. After two days of registration, the database contained 45,000 aircraft dedicated and designed for personal use. This mandate was set forth by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to increase accountability

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Craft A Minecraft Creeper Robot

When I wrote my new book Make: Minecraft for Makers, you know I had to include a monster Creeper project. Here’s how you can build a motorized Creeper, with a metal skeleton and wooden skin. Aside from the fact that this thing most certainly doesn’t blow up, you’ll love it, and you’ll learn a lot about

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Aya

Aya is an interactive robot that stores your picture to recognize and interact with you. Winner of Hack the North 2017 & Best Use of AWS. Story Inspiration When we saw what Amazon did with Alexa and what Google did with home, we were sure that the age of computerized personal assistants was here. However,

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Getting Started with TJBot

Introduction TJBot is a kit developed at IBM to help people get started with their Watson AI service. It comes with a friendly little robot that you build yourself, a Raspberry Pi 3, and all the parts you need to make your robot wave, blink, talk, and listen. Required Setup Tools As a desktop, these devices

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Smart Pen Final Project for ECE5725

Smart Pen: Final Project for ECE5725

  Introduction Nowadays, in order to gain the handwriting results, people often rely on the capacitive touch screen, stylus pen, or other similar devices. They are functional and precise, but not always flexible. Our project combines Raspberry Pi with IMU to build a product that can keep tracking of the movement and generate the trajectory

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