robotics
Bird-Inspired Drone Perches Using 9 Touch Sensors, No Camera
TU Delft's drone finds a branch with nine one-bit touch sensors instead of a camera, hitting a 99% perch rate even when its position…
esp32 & esp8266
This Desktop WALL-E Robot Runs on an ESP32-S3 and Talks Back
Seven servos, two 12V track motors and an ESP32-S3 turn a WALL-E replica into a desk robot that holds a conversation and names what…
diy projects
An ATmega Robot Arm That Serves Badminton Shuttlecocks
A Denso VS050 arm, a pneumatic grabber and two silicone-rimmed discs turn a solo badminton drill into a robotics build you can scale down.
news & releases
Microduck: A $399 Open-Source Biped Robot for Physical AI Labs
A 25 cm biped with 15 degrees of freedom, an 8x8 ToF LiDAR and a $399 preorder price. Here is what Microduck offers student…
news & releases
NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 2 Packs 78 TOPS Into a 15-Watt Board
Double the inference of the Orin Nano Super at 78 TOPS, plus 40 percent less power in 15-watt mode. What NVIDIA's new Jetson means…
diy projects
How a DIY 1S FPV Quadcopter Reached 5 km and 34 Minutes Aloft
A 1S quad that flies 34 minutes and 5 km, and the copper battery tray that made it possible. The voltage-sag fix works on…
robotics
Ice Dart: The Drone That Spikes Itself Onto a Drifting Iceberg
Canadian roboticists built a quadcopter that lands on slippery icebergs, drives retractable spines into the ice, and hangs on at a 60-degree tilt.
news & releases
NVIDIA Retires Jetson Xavier: What ECE Students Should Buy Now
NVIDIA set a July 2027 end of life for every Jetson Xavier module. Here is what that means for your capstone build, and which…
raspberry pi
HIRO Gen 2: A Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Spider Robot Kit You Wire Yourself
Takamori Robot's HIRO Gen 2 moves to the RP2350 Pico 2, with four SG-90 servos, an MPU-6050 IMU and wiring you do yourself in…
microcontrollers
Build a $29 Open-Source STM32F405 FOC Driver for BLDC Motors
Sirojudin Munir's SF-Motion FOC driver runs BLDC motors on an STM32F405, costs about $28.58 in parts, and ships KiCad files under the MIT license.
diy projects
Reverse Engineering a Cotton Candy Machine’s Robot Brain
A $6,400 cotton candy vending machine refused to run offline. One maker used ADB, SQLite and a patched APK to cut the cord and…
esp32 & esp8266
ESP32-S3 WALL-E: An AI Desk Robot That Sees and Talks
Huy Vector's ESP32-S3 desk robot sees through a camera, chats by voice, and turns its head to face you. Here's how the vision, servos,…