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Meccanoid G15 Named “Innovative Toy of the Year”
The Toy Industry Association has awarded the Meccano Meccanoid G15 Robot the “2016 Innovative Toy of the Year.” The Meccanoid comes with over one thousand phrases and has voice recognition to make this personal robot a child’s best friend.
Read More »Ziro Gesture-Controlled Robot Kit Launches on Indiegogo
California based startup, ZeroUI, has launched Ziro on Indiegogo. Ziro is the world's first hand gesture-controlled robotics kit. It lets you design, build, and animate robots, controlling them with the lift of a finger or a flick of the wrist using a smart glove and smartphone app.
Read More »4-H Junk Drawer Robotics Kit Fires Up Imaginations
The 4-H's Junk Drawer Robotics Program works with household items to complete simple design challenges. Their robotics kits emphasize science, engineering and technology process skills.
Read More »Turn Your Spark into a Robot with the PhoBot
Turning your Spark into a robot is much easier with PhoBot. Made by Simon Monk, the board acts as a motorshield for the Spark Core or Particle Photon. Using a TB6612 dual H-bridge, the PhoBot can control one stepper motor or two brushed DC motors with …
Read More »Two-Wheel Balancing Robot Kit
If the MiP has piqued your interested in self-balancing robots but you like building things yourself, check out the Two-Wheel Balancing Robot Kit from DFRobot. The kit includes a custom acrylic case, DFRduino Uno, a six-degrees-of-freedom IMU shield, two DC motors, four analog rotation sensors and …
Read More »Raspberry Pi Camera Robot
Dawn Robotics’ new kit offers a low-cost solution for those who want to add mobility to their Raspberry Pi camera. The Chassis Kit includes everything you’ll need to get started, minus the Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi camera, WiFi dongle, and SD card. An online tutorial details …
Read More »Makeblock’s Ultimate Robot Kit Released
Makeblock has released a new, Arduino-based kit that includes a robotic gripper. The Ultimate Robot Kit can be assembled into more than 10 different configurations, with Lego-like instructions available online. The included Arduino controller can be programmed via Scratch. The robot can also be controlled wirelessly via Bluetooth …
Read More »Learn C with a Robot that’s Ready to Climb
If your love of robots predates the Web, you probably remember a little guy called the Rug Warrior Pro. Without any formal training in electronics and only one other robot under my belt, the Rug Warrior Pro was a real challenge for me to make. It probably spent …
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