esp32 & esp8266
ESP-FLUTTER: A 70 g ESP32-C3 Butterfly Robot That Flies
A 70 g ornithopter with two servos, 50 wing LEDs, and a XIAO ESP32C3 brain flaps its way into the air. See how it…
esp32 & esp8266
DIY Lockpicking Robot Uses ESP32-C3, Load Cells and Claude AI
An ESP32-C3, two load cells, and an AI model team up to feel and open pin tumbler locks. Here is the sense-decide-act loop worth…
diy projects
Hidden Lockbox Opens Only to a Secret Magnet Gesture
No keyhole, no keypad: a Teensy 4.1 and an 8x8 Hall-sensor grid unlock this wooden box only when you trace the right magnetic gesture.
diy projects
Build a Motion-Triggered Haunted Box with an ESP32 This Weekend
A PIR sensor, a servo and a red LED stick turn an ESP32 into a jump-scare box. Here is the parts list and the…
diy projects
PhoneBot: Turn an Old Android Phone into a $400 Humanoid Robot
UCLA's PhoneBot uses a $50 Android phone as the brain of a 13-joint humanoid. See how it works and how to try the same…
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
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…
diy projects
Animate a Halloween Skeleton with a Raspberry Pi Pico and Servos
Turn a ₱150 plastic skeleton into a spooky animatronic with a Raspberry Pi Pico, four 9g servos, and a distance sensor. Wiring and power…
raspberry pi
Raspberry Pi 5 and ESP32-S3 Power an Offline AI Steampunk Helmet
A Pi 5 runs a local LLM and video stream while an ESP32-S3 moves a servo eye. See how this offline wearable splits the…
arduino
An Arduino Nano ESP32 Robot Flips All 666 Pixels of This Display
Most flip-disc displays need one solenoid per pixel. This 666-tile panel uses a single Arduino Nano ESP32 gantry robot that prods each tile instead.
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…
arduino
Weekend Build: A Self-Cleaning Solar Tracker on Arduino UNO Q
An Arduino UNO Q panel that tracks the sun, vibrates off its own dust, and hides from storms. Fully open source, and a solid…