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  “Best of Adafruit” Photo & Video Series Day 58 #photography #art #design #wfh #bestofadafruitThroughout this week, the Adafruit photo team will be posting a “Best of Adafruit” photo e...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/05/25/best-of-adafruit-photo-video-series-day-58-photography-art-design-wfh-bestofadafruit/

Here’s a simple beginner level robotics project using micro:bit. And also a rubber duck. A great indoor project from raspibotics: If you’re bored stuck at home, why not create a little microb...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/05/24/building-your-a-robot-with-microbit-raspibotics-raspberry_pi-piday-raspberrypi/

Boston Dynamic headlines are starting to sound like ‘See Spot’ books…See spot herd sheep!Via BBC:Similar models of the robotic dog have recently been used to help maintain social distancing...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/05/23/the-robot-sheep-dog-helping-out-on-the-farm-robotics-bostondynamics/

Researchers are using maching learning and robot-stand-up to better relate to humans.Via TechXplore:Jon the Robot, with assistance from Oregon State University researcher Naomi Fitter, recently w...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/05/20/jon-the-robot-the-data-mining-stand-up/

Dr. Tessa Liu is a rockstar in the robotics world. With degrees from Cornell & the University of Washington, and many years of working at IBM under her belt, Dr. Lau became the CTO of Savioke bef...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/05/19/dr-tessa-lau-asianpacificamericanheritagemonth-apahm-aapihm/

In this week’s MakeCode Minute: LEGO Motors @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit @MSMakeCode. Trigger LEGO Mindstorms motors with color sensors using MakeCode.MakeCode@adafruit @johnedgarpark #ad...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/05/15/makecode-minute-lego-mindstorms-motors-adafruit-johnedgarpark-adafruit-msmakecode-makecode/

More from Art the Science

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/05/11/dancing-with-robots-musicmonday/

from Michael Linsenmeier via hackster.io Gizmo is a robotic vehicle with a camera that can be remote-controlled over WLAN or the Internet by an Android app. The video capture of the camera can be...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/05/08/gizmo-the-app-and-voice-controlled-robotic-vehicle-raspberry_pi-piday-raspberrypi-2/

Wearables, drones, CSAIL – how much more enticing can an article be? From MIT CSAIL:This system, dubbed Conduct-a-Bot, aims to take a step towards these goals by detecting gestures from wearabl...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/05/04/csail-creates-gesture-control-system-conduct-a-bot-drone-droneday/

Anyone who owned a Radio Shack Armatron robotic arm in the 80s likely has fond memories of it. I still have mine, with all of the accessories, and it still works! In this 8-Bit Guy video, he rest...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/05/03/8-bit-guy-restores-a-radio-shack-armatron-from-the-80s/

This year, the kids who work with us at ATMakers and join us at ATIA’s Maker Day had their FIRST Robotics Challenge season cut short by COVID-19. In some cases, some were just 30 minutes from p...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/26/atmakers-to-showcase-high-school-robotics-teams-assistive-technology-tuesday-730-edt/

Sometimes folks can look at the robots of Boston Dynamics and get worried about the future robot takeover. But at a hospital in Boston, BD’s quadruped robot Spot has been deployed to aid in tel...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/26/make-robot-hospital-friend-boston-dynamics-spot-helps-health-care-workers/

Not sure if it’s the social distancing but an emotionally responsive robot gaming buddy sounds pretty cool.Via IGN:Sony has patented an autonomous robotic gaming companion that sympathises with...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/20/sony-patent-hints-at-ps5-robotic-companion-ps5-robotics-gaming-playstation/

Frank Piesik has made a wonderful robotic stringed instrument. He made it for his friend Gregor, so it’s called Greg’s Harp. From Frank:Since every moFret needs a dedicated servo and driver, ...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/20/diy-midi-controlled-robotic-string-instrument-musicmonday/

PigeonBot can change how zoologists study and understand the “diversity of flight”.via Scientific AmericanTo design the winged robot, the researchers first used motion-capture video to examin...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/13/winged-pigeonbot-flies-with-real-feathers/

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a hand...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/12/adafruit-weekly-editorial-round-up-national-robotics-week-wearable-continuous-temperature-monitor-with-adafruit-io-more/

Here’s a roundup of some great resources for parents and teachers of homeschool kids on robotics! Why teach robotics? Robotics offers studentsan introduction to coding, engineering, real-world ...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/12/robotics-resources-for-homeschoolers-roboweek-nationalroboticsweek-roboweek-makerobotfriend/

Robots come in all shapes and sizes. Some look human, some look like a Roomba, some look like V.I.N.CENT, and some look like a big room with blinky lights. The design is about function, and the f...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/11/diy-robot-designs-roboweek-nationalroboticsweek-roboweek-makerobotfriend/

This video was posted to YouTube last year from the National Robotics Week channel. Its fun to watch Colin Angle teardown and breifly explain how the Roomba works. His parting words are good advi...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/10/irobot-ceo-takes-apart-a-roomba-for-national-robotics-week-roboweek-nationalroboticsweek-roboweek-makerobotfriend/

Matt Denton has a 5-part series on YouTube of him building a D-O droid from Star Wars. For the brains, Matt used an Arduino MKR-W1010, MKR Proto Shield, MKR-IMU inertial measurement shield, and M...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/09/matt-dentons-amazing-3d-printed-star-wars-d-o-droid/

For thee generations of Americans, the first live robot a kid ever saw may well have been at Disneyland. What Disney’s Imagineers have called Audio-Animatronics have been entertaining families ...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/09/disneys-audio-animatronics-roboweek-nationalroboticsweek-roboweek-makerobotfriend/

These are very strange times. Tunisa is turning to PGuards, robot sentry drones, to help enforce their lockdown.Via BBC:A police robot has been deployed to patrol areas of Tunisia’s capital, Tu...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/08/tunisia-deploys-police-robot-on-lockdown-patrol-robotics-bigbrother-robocop/

Follow young competitors as they build robots that play games and address real-world challenges. In celebration of Robotics week – from now until April 12th you can watch me & my robot for free...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/08/me-my-robot-roboweek-nationalroboticsweek-roboweek-makerobotfriend/

We’re all doing what we can to work with what we have. Are you looking to get in on this #NationalRoboticsWeek action? Do you have a CRICKIT board? You’ve come to the right place! See below f...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/07/celebrate-nationalroboticsweek-with-crickit-roboweek-roboweek-makerobotfriend/

Scientific American shared this interesting research about human interactions with robots based on what stories are shared or “emotions” are displayed.The researchers monitored how group memb...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/06/empathy-machine-humans-communicate-better-after-robots-show-their-vulnerable-side/

The Disneyland Parks may be closed right now, but they’ve got some amazing stuff in the works. For the yet to be opened Avengers Campus, Disney is working on “stuntronics” — animatronic r...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/05/amazing-stunt-robots-will-play-high-flying-heroes-for-disney/

Although physical events have been postponed or cancelled, you can still celebrate National Robotics Week using online sources. via Hour of CodeGot robots or physical computing kits? Use them wit...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/05/hour-of-code-robotics-and-circuits-roboweek-nationalroboticsweek-roboweek-makerobotfriend/

April 4-12 2020 is National Robotics Week! While a lot of the events and activities have been diverted, we still want to take the week to have fun with robotics!In celebration we will be sharing ...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/04/national-robotics-week-2020-april-4-12-roboweek-nationalroboticsweek-roboweek-makerobotfriend/

Chuckling at this project from 8BitsAndAByte on Instructables:First things first, we need a person to argue with, and there is none better than the face of the original argument consultant, Mr. J...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/27/make-your-own-monty-pythons-flying-circus-inspired-argument-bot-piday-raspberrypi-raspberry_pi/

via SlashGearOne big area of focus for robotics researchers is soft robots that are more appropriate for working directly with humans. Researchers from Stanford University have developed a new ki...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/22/stanford-engineers-create-a-new-robot-that-combines-traditional-and-soft-robotics/

Everyone loves Wall-E! And if you don’t, I have some serious questions for you. This awesome make by GuyBalmas on instructables is worth checking out.Your little intelligent robot friend. Wall-...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/21/wifi-wall-e/

Very cool work in progress from James Harton on Hackster.io:The more astute amongst you may have noticed an extra servo in middle of the bot’s body. That’s because my kids love Fortnite, and ...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/20/augie-the-hexapod-robot-piday-raspberrypi-raspberry_pi/

Bart Dring posts about the motors designed for builds like Cheetah robots and modding them for CNC use:The proliferation of dog like robots has spawned a new generation of servo motors. These mot...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/17/adding-step-and-direction-cnc-control-to-cheetah-style-motors-robotics-buildlog/

via tingconghuang on instructablesThe original design intention of the da duck is to be a security robot that using the ultrasonic sensors to detect the objects in front and automatically follow ...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/16/da-duckauto-following-mood-changing-robot/

What the world needs now, is more Spy Otter footage. I could watch this all day – from Spy in the Wild – BBC.Spy Otter quietly films the most intimate views of otters using tools and caring f...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/16/cute-otters-intimately-filmed-by-spy-camera/

These robots can move-it!via silyarose on instructablesIntroducing the Ro-Booty Bouncers, our very well trained dance instructors you have been looking for. The Ro-Booty Bouncers offer you a uniq...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/16/the-ro-booty-bouncers-dance-instructors/

This photo series organized by The Atlantic shows just some of the many ways humans and robots interact:These machines—some fully autonomous, some requiring human input—extend our grasp, enha...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/14/robots-at-work-and-play-from-the-atlantic-celebratephotography/

via IEEE SpectrumTo solve these problems, the robots are all talking to each other as they move, not just to avoid colliding with its friends, but also to figure out where its friends are going ...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/13/raspberry-pi-robotics-project-generates-a-decentralized-swarm-raspberry_pi-piday-raspberrypi/

Make robot friend, or even better make robot music collaborator!Shimon uses artificial intelligence and can help you write and perform music. Now with eyebrows.Via Georgia Tech:Shimon, the marimb...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/11/shimon-now-a-singing-songwriting-robot-music-artificialintelligence-makerobotfriend/

At Adafruit, we like to make robot friend, not robot enemy. Adabot is one of our best friends, after all. Over at MIT, researchers are doing their best to teach robots how to do some simple chore...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/11/make-robot-wash-the-dishes-not-robot-enemy/

Ian Stewart posts on Twitter their Year 4 micro:bit autonomous robotic vehicle projects.A mixture of impressive and somewhat optimistic design ideas. #Lego remains the king of rapid prototyping, ...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/09/robotics-using-lego-and-a-microbit-microbit-robotics-lego/

Octupus tenticles are astonishingly dexterous. Researchers are looking to replicate the tentical for gripping and grabbing. Via Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science o...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/04/octopus-inspired-soft-robot-robotics-softrobotics-kraken/

NEW PRODUCTS – Submersible 3V DC Water Pumps – Vertical + Horizontal TypesFirst up, the Horizontal Type!Make fountains or plant-watering projects with this submersible water pump. It’s grea...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/03/new-products-submersible-3v-dc-water-pumps-vertical-horizontal-types/

Power Treads robot by WoWee turns in to a little BigDog … via Twitter & Reddit.

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/02/power-treads-robot-turns-in-to-a-little-bigdog-wowweeworld-powertreads/

plen:bit humanoid robot gets a CLUE! The PLEN robot from Japan is an adorable 8-servo humanoid robot. It’s designed to fit a micro:bit and we can also get it working with the CLUE in CircuitPyt...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/03/01/plenbit-humanoid-robot-gets-a-clue/

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, you encounter two kinds of weather. Pleasant and foggy. Foggy is the best. “Thick as pea soup,” it used to be called, and not just when it rolled ove...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/02/26/mits-ground-penetrating-radar-helps-self-driving-cars-see-through-snow-and-fog/

konsdor on Hackaday.io has designed and built a video surveillance robot powered by the ESP32-CA< microcontroller board. The robot may be controller by the operator over the internet as the board...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/02/21/building-an-esp32-cam-video-surveillance-robot-robot-robotics-adafruit-hackadayio-hackaday/

What would you do with your #BostonDynamicsSpot? Adam Savage decided it would make the perfect steampunk carriage runner. Via Adam Savage’s Tested on YouTube:Adam’s first project with Boston ...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/02/16/adam-savages-spot-robot-rickshaw-carriage-robotics-steampunk-tested-bostondynamics/

Great news! Apple has just launched Swift Playgrounds on macOS! This is a Catalyst-based port of the iPad app with the same lightweight way of managing modules, that automatically syncs with the ...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/02/14/robot-rover-playgroundbook-for-macos-apple-swift-swiftplaygrounds-everyonecancode-appleeduchat/

Hackster.io continues their build of a robotic sock puppet in the video above. Per Twitter:Our sock puppet robot is getting its body! With sustainability and easy adoption in mind, @glowascii has...

https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/02/13/a-sock-puppet-robot-with-circuitpython-part-2-circuitpython-crickit-circuitplaygroundexpress-glowascii/