BrickPi Delivers the Mindstorms Experience to Raspberry Pi
BrickPi is a Raspberry Pi shield that can control Lego Mindstorms robots, replacing Lego’s proprietary microcontroller brick.
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The Walter II Robot is a Machinist’s Masterpiece
Walter II the robot is a masterpiece of machining built by Chris the Carpenter of Rocket Brand Studios and Let’s Make Robots. http://rocketbrandstudios.com
Your Projects: Four Awesome Projects Shared by MAKE Readers
“Your Projects” is a column that features some of the awesome creations our readers have been making. These projects from our readers come from the MAKE Google+ Community and beyond.
MapperBot Charts a Simulated Asteroid at World Maker Faire
Gotham Laboratories will be at World Maker Faire next month to show off MapperBot, a drone that demonstrates mapping an asteroid with a plenoptic camera, which they have mounted on a quadcopter which will circumnavigate a 2-3 meter asteroid mockup and map the surface details in real time.
DIY PCB Using Parchment Paper
How to use parchment paper and a laminator to make high quality PCB’s.
MAKE Asks: What do we Call all These Boards?
Embedded system, microcontroller, computer-on-a-chip? What should we call these awesome gadgets, anyway?
Concerto for Robots
Ricardo Cid’s singular vision is brought to life through a kinetic sculpture where geometric robotic forms dance to music with movement choreographed in computer code. http://blacklabelrobot.com/
