microcontrollers
Luxonis M8 Box: An RP2040 That Wires Edge AI to Machines
An RP2040 runs the I/O on Luxonis' new M8 Box, letting an edge AI camera flip 16 A relays and drive a CAN bus…
arduino
How These DIY Robot Legs Walk on an Arduino Mega 2560
Maker Oliver Paff built a working pair of walking humanoid robot legs using an Arduino Mega 2560, a PCA9685 driver, and eight hobby servos.…
raspberry pi
QuadBoat: Raspberry Pi Spider Robot That Rescues Swimmers
QuadBoat is a spider-inspired rescue robot that pulls drowning swimmers from the water, run by a Raspberry Pi 4 and a cluster of Arduino…
diy projects
Powered by Raspberry Pi: Smart Vivariums to Drone Shows
From reptile vivariums to Olympic drone shows and a 33-pound RP2350 kit, here's what the newest Powered by Raspberry Pi hardware can teach makers.
news & releases
NVIDIA Jetson T3000 and T2000: Smaller, Faster Edge AI
NVIDIA's Blackwell-powered Jetson T3000 and T2000 pack up to 865 teraflops of edge AI into modules half the size and power of the T5000.
raspberry pi
Build Your Own Rocky: A Raspberry Pi 5 AI Robot That Talks
A maker rebuilt Rocky from Project Hail Mary using a Raspberry Pi 5, seven servos, and Claude AI so it can chat and scuttle.…
robotics
Magnetic FMG Sensors and AI Give Prosthetic Hands Precise Control
Florida Atlantic University swapped noisy EMG for magnetic force myography sensors and a per-user AI model to give prosthetic hands far steadier control.
esp32 & esp8266
RTK GPS on a Budget: Centimeter Accuracy with an ESP32 Rover
Standard GPS is off by 15 feet. See how an ESP32 rover and an affordable RTK kit hit half-inch accuracy for capstone and robotics…
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.
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…