esp32 & esp8266
Q8botOne: A Palm-Sized Wire-Free Quadruped on an ESP32-C3
Q8botOne packs eight smart servos and an ESP32-C3 into a 250 g quadruped with no wiring harness. See how its single-PCB design works and…
esp32 & esp8266
TNY-360 v2: An Open-Hardware ESP32-S3 Robot Dog Kit
The TNY-360 v2 quadruped uses an ESP32-S3, modular PCBs, and a 200 Hz control loop on two cores, so legged robotics is less of…
arduino
Webcam Depth Camera: 20 FPS AI Depth Sensing on Arduino VENTUNO Q
A cheap USB webcam and Depth Anything V2 on the Arduino VENTUNO Q NPU make a 20 FPS depth sensor with heatmap, slicer, flood,…
esp32 & esp8266
ESP32-S3 vs Raspberry Pi 5: How Much Edge AI Is Enough?
A $20 ESP32-S3 camera board vs a $200 Raspberry Pi 5 AI kit on a robot mower. See which edge AI hardware your student…
arduino
Robodog V2.0: Arduino UNO Q Gives a DOGZILLA S2 an AI Brain
Robodog V2.0 adds an Arduino UNO Q to a DOGZILLA S2 quadruped, giving it onboard computer vision, a web control page, and an animated…
arduino
JBR-001: A Weekend Desk Robot With Vision on Arduino UNO Q
JBR-001 pairs an Arduino UNO Q with three servos, a camera, and a distance sensor to build a desk robot that recognizes objects and…
news & releases
DirectHop: A 1-Gram Robot That Jumps With a DC Motor
A gram-scale robot swaps its spring for a coreless DC motor, letting researchers dial the jump height with current instead of a fixed release.
microcontrollers
AiboJam Revives Sony’s Discontinued AIBO on a $40 Fruit Jam Board
Sony's discontinued AIBO comes back as a CircuitPython recreation on a $40 RP2350 board, complete with 49 motion clips and native 3D rendering.
arduino
XGO Duck: Build an Open-Source Robot Duck with Arduino UNO Q
Luwu Dynamics built XGO Duck, an open-source, 15-servo robot duck on Arduino UNO Q with a custom IMU-equipped PCB, ready to build before Microduck…
arduino
Arduino UNO Q Robot Talks, Dances, and Reads Your Hand Gestures
A maker built Nuvi, a talking, dancing Shiba Inu desk robot powered by an Arduino UNO Q that splits AI processing from real-time servo…
diy projects
Self-Driving 1/48 Scale Train Runs on a Supercap and IR Sensors
A 1/48 scale locomotive packs a supercapacitor, boost converter, and IR receiver so it can stop, wait, and reverse on its own. Here's how…
esp32 & esp8266
This ESP32 Reaction Wheel Cube Lands and Balances on One Edge
A five-inch cube launches itself off the table, stops mid-air, and lands balanced on one edge. The ESP32, IMU and reaction wheel inside explain…