Anyone who’s been to GitHub before has no doubt come across the unforgettable Octocat mascot. Its pointy ears and friendly smile accompany a wide library of code shared by thousands of people o...
Today Boston Dynamics announced the retirement of their Atlas robot. Boston Dynamics shared this video on Youtube!For almost a decade, Atlas has sparked our imagination, inspired the next generat...
Paul Bupe, Jr explores the research and development journey behind a new sensor system, OptiGap, a key component of his PhD research.In very general terms, this sensor is basically a rope that if...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/04/12/making-sensors-for-soft-robotic-applications/
This guide builds upon the computer vision system from the previous guide to build a playful robot that uses the Adafruit MEMENTO to capture an image, detect a face, and track it until the face i...
The swing ride or “chair o planes” is a popular and famous ride at carnivals and amusement parks. The ride uses centrifugal force to lift you up and up as you spin faster! We get to make one ...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/04/11/crickit-powered-mini-chair-swing-ride/
Here’s a robotics project using 3D printed Magnetic PLA, from the Ruiz brothers via Adafruit Learning System! In this project we’ll show you how to bring creatures to life using magnetic fila...
Evan’s Techie-Blog has been looking to recreate the boards used in the animatronics control unit f(left, above) or Chuck-E-Cheese restaurants.The first board I’m going to talk about is the CP...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/04/09/recreating-a-chuck-e-cheese-animatronic-cpu-board/
Its RoboWeek and we are highlighting this guide from the Adafruit Learn system! Make a small CRICKIT based hopping robot 🙂In this guide we will build a cute little robot body. We’ll even do...
In celebration of National Robotics Week, we’re highlighting some of our favorite robotics guides by John Park, all available on the Adafruit Learn System. Check em’ out below!Automatic Mecha...
Tomorrow marks the start of National Robotics Week 2024, which will run through April 14! Did you know this year marks 15 years of robotics week? Wow 🤩 We’ve very into making robot friends s...
Sunday Slays Cosplay is working on building an animatronic Clank backpack and is documenting the process on YouTube. Keep on making robot friends!My 3d print files not currently available. Althou...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/03/10/sunday-slays-cosplay-builds-a-clank-animatronic-backpack/
HackSpace Magazine Issue 75 – DIY Gadgets looks at the Zumo robot for Arduino available at Adafruit. The Zumo Robot is an Arduino-based tracked robot that is less than 10 cm × 10 cm, which qua...
In this rather mesmerizing video, Fraser reconstructs one of the ancient Greek engineer Hero’s programmable automata. He builds everything by hand, starting with turning trees into lumber. The ...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/02/24/building-hero-of-alexandrias-programmable-automata-by-hand/
Mehdi Alizadeh at Make Your Pet is using smartphones to not only control robots but also using them as the brains on the robot itself. The Hexapod GitHub has details on making ones own hexapod ro...
We would not recommend using MOONWALK-Omni to climb, say, Mounts Kilimanjaro or Olympus, but for more modest mountains or more refreshingly non-dangerous hikes, MOONWALK may be just right. The we...
Dispensy is a project looking to be the new hardware base for the DrinkRobotics UbaBot.The main logic and user / web interface is a Bartendro fork running on a Raspberry Pi RP2040. This is the m...
On YouTube Washington Post shared footage of how a robot is recreating the stone finials of the Washington National Cathedral damaged by an earthquake in 2011. Make robot friend!
https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/01/14/a-robot-is-helping-rebuild-the-washington-national-cathedral/
Charles at Equals Zero discusses taking two robots to Comicpalooza this past summer:Robots in mid-July in Houston sounds like a great way to get heat stroke, but it was a chance to do some shaked...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/01/03/taking-ones-battlebots-to-comicpalooza-robotics/
The Yozh robot was created to teach robotics class at a summer camp, SigmaCamp. Alexander Kirillov wanted something small, programmable in Python, and easy to extend. Key features Dimensions: Len...
In HackSpace Magazine Issue 73, they investigate making a Pi 5 robot with various components.The article goes through picking hardware and software. Hardware includes the venerable Adafruit DC & ...
HackSpace Magazine Issue 73 – Raspberry Pi 5 Robotics You’ve got your hands on a Raspberry Pi 5 – now use the improved I/O capabilities and processing power of the Raspberry Pi 5 to build a...
Open Melt is an open-source translational drift (aka “melty brain”) robot controller based on Arduino. A translational drift robot spins its entire body using its drive wheel(s), but is still...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/12/18/the-open-melt-robotics-antweight-reference-platform-robotics/
@sozoraemon on X posts about a 3D printed robotic pet. When the touch sensor on top of the robots head is petted (senses multiple touches) the robot’s eyes start looking sleepy.The project is b...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/12/12/a-pet-robot-who-gets-sleepy-when-petted-micropython-sozoraemon/
Now that I’ve seen this Roomba Lollypop Thrower build from rivu1et on Instructables I will secretly hope to receive a sweet treat every time I see a robot vacuum for the rest of my days.See mor...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/11/13/roomba-lollypop-thrower/
Super fun project from Donald Bell up on Instructables. I mean who doesn’t love Yip Yips?! I watch this Sesame Street clip more often than I’d like to admit.Of all the creatures that inhabit ...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/11/05/remote-controlled-yip-yip-with-sound-lights-and-moving-mouth/
We had a wonderful time exploring and exhibiting at Maker Faire Bay Area 2023.Maker Faire has been on hiatus the last few years, since the COVID pandemic shut down events all over the world. Th...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/10/31/maker-faire-bay-area-2023-maker-highlights-makerfaire/
Spot gets a voice. Boston Dynamics added Chat GPT and a voice to Spot. Currently they are using it as a tour guide. One of the coolest aspects of this project is how the AI generated a whole pers...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/10/30/making-chat-robots-bostondynamic/
FedEx is adding to its robot workforce. In theory stacking a bunch of cuboids seems like it would be an easy task for a robot. In practice it is much harder. There is still an overwhelming amount...
Maker Paul MH shows us how he built his own string art machine (and the hurdles he encournters along the way!). Full video and more details here on YouTube. He redesigns his initial working machi...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/10/03/building-a-string-art-machine/
When I first saw this cop-bot I could only think one thing…”Exterminate, Exterminate, Exterminate…” I’ve consumed enough sci-fi to be wary of robots doling out justice, but, the NYPD pr...
Roland Schulz demonstrates an innovative Pimoroni Inventor 2040 W mars-rover. It uses a Raspberry Pi and a Tiny Useful Sensors Reader and CircuitPython/MicroPython. The sensor will help to navig...
Charles was in need of a new residence for various robots and maker projects – once it spills into the yard the city often comes knocking at the door. House hunting is never an easy task and it...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/09/27/maker-moving-stories-the-new-robot-trap-house/
Geekmomprojects writes on Instagram:Everybody, meet Karma, my new colorful companion bot designed in collaboration with @odd_jayy. She (she’s definitely a girl, because Karma’s a bitch) sits ...
Roland Schulz on X (formerly Twitter) found just what they needed:Upgrade. This is what i was looking for. A small camera module powered by a Raspberry Pi for my Pimoroni Inventor 2040 W mars-rov...
Make yourself a new robotic friend thanks to Charlie Diaz’s work on TARS shared on Hackster.io:My ultimate goal for the project now is to release my designs to the public so that other people c...
Check out the latest Adafruit Learning System guide from Erin St Blaine: turn a vintage 2017 Teddy Ruxpin bear into a brand new personalized stuffy. The engineers at Adafruit have figured out how...
If the DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future was going 88 miles per hour, but drifting, just where in time would it end up. Can you even drift that fast? We want to know. Here’s more, v...
In 2021, Ben Howard had the idea use an old self driving food delivery robot into an animatronic piano playing puppet and drive it around the city, a la Vanessa Carlton’s famous music video. Me...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/08/15/vanessa-the-robot-arttuesday-music-robotics/
A modular and upgradable robot built by Dan Nicholson. A great project with a great ethos. Dan learned everything about this project from freely available resources and wanted to make sure anyone...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/08/11/bipedal-companion-robot-piday-raspberrypi/
Ditch your boring old wheels, it’s time for an upgrade! Fun build of Rob a four wheel omnidirectional robot. Thanks for sharing.Via Programming Electronics Academy:The beauty of omnidirectional...
The JECCbot mini is an outdoor robotics platform intended for participation in contests like Robotem Rovne, Roboorienteering, Robotour, or for general robotic experiments. It has mounting positio...
Stéphane Caron currates the Awesome Robot Descriptions List. It is a curated list of awesome robot descriptions in URDF or MJCF formats.The Robot Descriptions GitHub repo states:“The goal of t...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/08/04/awesome-robot-descriptions-robotics-robots/
Don’t let these cute bugs fool you! While they may not be harmful to humans directly, spotted lantern flies can destroy crops. Since they were first spotted in Pennsylvania back in 2014, the US...
Beautiful kinetic sculpture from artist and engineer Alana Balagot.The project video shows all the different steps Alana took to finish this build. Quite impressive!
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/07/18/robotic-reflections-kinetic-sculpture/
In this video Workshop Nation uses their childhood hopes for the robots of the future as inspiration for an Echo upgrade. Make robot friend!
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/07/07/workshop-nation-make-an-echo-more-alive-makerobotfriend/
Inspired by their childhood dreams of the future, Workshop Nation built a better Alexa. The vibe is all retro, seemingly cobbled together by a mad scientist. With some vintage components this rob...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/07/05/excellent-alexa-upgrade-%F0%9F%A4%96-robotics-alexa-animtronic/
On Workshop Nation, Thomas turns an Alexa Echo into a more characterful robotic assistant using an Arduino, a tiny, old B&W CRT monitor as a mouth, and Will Cogley’s animatronic eyes. You haven...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/07/03/giving-a-fun-retro-robot-personality-to-alexa/
Jayy loves using the Adafruit FeatherWing for his robot control. DigiKey shared this video on Youtube! Check out Jayy earlier this year on SHOW & TELL!
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/06/24/joy-featherwing-jayys-odd-picks/
The Disney team is cooking up a Robot version of young Groot. This fully engaging robot is a vast improvement over animatronics you may have seen in the past. Video from Disney Parks:Recently, Di...
Mellow_labs dove into the unknown and made this awesome coffee fountain that flows with each donation and shared the project on Hackster.io:Allow me to explain. Each time someone brews up a donat...
https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/06/05/mellow_labs-makes-a-bmac-inspired-coffee-cup-water-feature/