diy projects
WeAct N006: A Credit-Card-Sized Jetson Orin NX Carrier Board
The credit-card-sized WeAct N006 crams a Jetson Orin NX and 40W of edge-AI power into a drone-ready board for about $130. Here is what…
news & releases
Circuit.Rocks Is Now an Official JSumo Distributor in the Philippines
Circuit.Rocks is now listed as the official JSumo Philippines distributor. Sumo robot kits, XMotion controller, JS40F/JS60F infrared sensors, and competition gear — all stocked…
diy projects
A $200 DIY Pick-and-Place Machine That Handles 0201 Parts
Industrial pick-and-place machines cost a fortune. One maker built a four-axis version for $200 that still nails 0201 parts. Here's how it works.
raspberry pi
ARK Just A Pi: A Zero-Footprint Raspberry Pi CM5 Carrier Board
ARK's Just A Pi hides a full robotics-ready carrier board behind the Raspberry Pi CM5 without adding a single millimeter to the module's footprint.
diy projects
AR4 Mark 5: This Open-Source 6-Axis Robot Arm Is Finally Done
Chris Annin's open-source AR4 6-axis robot arm just got its final Mark 5 revision, swapping in Hall effect sensors and shipping a fresh build…
esp32 & esp8266
Q8botOne: A Palm-Sized Open Source Quadruped Robot Ships Soon
Q8botOne is a palm-sized open source quadruped robot that walks, trots, and jumps right out of the box — no parts-sourcing marathon needed to…
esp32 & esp8266
Carl Bugeja’s ProtoBot Puts an ESP32-C6 Robot in Your Pocket
Carl Bugeja's ProtoBot is a 92-gram, ESP32-C6 powered RC robot that's open source, app-controlled, and built for hands-on robotics tinkering.
microcontrollers
Meet the G2 Nano: A 1GHz Dev Board Built for Robotics
The G2 Nano packs a 1GHz Cortex-M7, dual-band Wi-Fi, and a six-axis IMU into a breadboard-sized board built to drive serious multi-motor robotics.
robotics
How an ESP32 Turned a LEGO WALL-E Into a Real Working Robot
A maker stuffed an ESP32, Arduino Nano, and custom 3D-printed gears into a LEGO WALL-E set to build a fully drivable robot controlled by…