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…
diy projects
How ExpressLRS Squeezes Kilometers Out of a 1-Watt ESP32 Link
Four open-source ELRS receivers, an SX1280 LoRa radio, and one 50-ohm trace: the RF design tricks that keep a 1-watt link locked kilometers out.
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…
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.
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…
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.