New Kit Turns A Raspberry Pi Into A Robot Arm (raspberrypi.org) 36
An anonymous reader writes:
A new kit turns your Raspberry Pi into a robotic arm. It's controlled by an on-board joystick, or even a web browser, and "because it's connected to the Pi you can program it through any of the various programming languages that already run on the Pi," according to its creators. "There's also free software available which lets you program it through a web interface using drag and drop programming environments like Scratch and Blockly or with Python and Javascript for the more experienced."
They explain in a video on Kickstarter that "Our mission is to get children excited about technology through building and programming their own robots," and they've already raised three times their original $12,411 fundraising goal. The Raspberry Pi blog describes it as "a great kit for anyone wanting to step into the world of digital making."
Long-time Slashdot reader bjpirt adds that "It's completely open source and hackable."
They explain in a video on Kickstarter that "Our mission is to get children excited about technology through building and programming their own robots," and they've already raised three times their original $12,411 fundraising goal. The Raspberry Pi blog describes it as "a great kit for anyone wanting to step into the world of digital making."
Long-time Slashdot reader bjpirt adds that "It's completely open source and hackable."
The kit is the robot arm. (Score:3)
It's like saying the Raspberry Pi comes with a kit that turns a Raspberry Pi into a cardboard box.
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A robot hand: it's all you need!
Well, some porn, too!
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1980 (Score:2)
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I think a friend of mine used to have one of those, driven by a Z80 running CP/M and 8" drives. He also had a daisy wheel printer that he wrote the driver for.
Kickstarter... Paying more for cheapness... (Score:2)
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You could make your own, too, there are many other variants with parts you can 3d print.
That was my point. I'll add a making 3D printer to my to do list. Thanks!
I wonder how the real Skynet will look (Score:2)
... if the real Terminator's arm looks so Hasbro.
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Mandatory Big Bang Theory (Score:2)
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My 1989 high skool electronics class called (Score:3)
they want their Radio Shack Armatron hooked up to a computer idea back.
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But wll it pay taxes (Score:3)
adafruit does it better (Score:1)
A better, cheaper non-vaporware version: https://www.adafruit.com/product/548
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Can it do anything? (Score:1)
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Been there, done that... (Score:2)
MeeArm. Arduino based. Picked up a kit for the boy. He was not impressed. I thought it was great. I bet in an evening I can bring control to the pi.
Finally! (Score:2)
A cheap way to build a 'self-massage' gizmo.