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.
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…
iot & smart home
Run Gemma AI Offline on a Raspberry Pi 5 with Google’s LiteRT
Google's LiteRT runs Gemma models on a Raspberry Pi 5 at 99 tokens/sec prefill in 1432 MB of RAM, with no cloud and no…
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,…
diy projects
Build a Classroom Robot with Adafruit CRICKIT and CircuitPython
One CRICKIT board turns a Circuit Playground or Feather into a motor-driving, servo-swinging robot brain, no soldering iron required. Here's how to start.
esp32 & esp8266
Inside the Runaway Mini Fridge Robot: Jetson, ESP32 and ROS 2
Dorian Todd's runaway mini fridge pairs an NVIDIA Jetson brain with an ESP32 spinal cord and ROS 2 vision to chase you down with…
esp32 & esp8266
Build an ESP32-Driven Robot That Hauls Your Beach Gear on Sand
John Boss built a skid-steer robot from an e-bike rack, two 350W motors, and an ESP32 that follows him across the sand hauling every…
robotics
Aliensense NXS Sends mikroBUS Sensors Down One Robot Cable
Aliensense's NXS hub pushes power, video, and sensor data over a single cable up to 40m, linking mikroBUS Clicks and MIPI cameras to your…