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Level up your Raspberry Pi drone build

Building a Raspberry Pi-powered drone blends DIY engineering with limitless customization. With the Pi as the brain, you can integrate sensors, cameras, AI, and autonomous flight features that rival ...
CNX Software

Ploopy Bean open-source hardware pointing stick mouse runs QMK firmware

The Ploopy Bean is a 3D-printed, open-source hardware pointing stick mouse that runs QMK open-source firmware on a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller to control four Omron D2LS-21 buttons and a ...

The app store for robots has arrived: Hugging Face launches open-source Reachy Mini App Store with 200+ apps

The new Hugging Face Reachy Mini App Store already hosts a library of over 200 community-built applications, and Reachy Mini ...
Nature

Tumbleweed-style robot can roll across the prairie — no wind needed

Woven from light-responsive strips, a tiny sphere trundles across a variety of surfaces when illuminated. A light-powered ...
PCMag

Vibe Coding Just Got Cuter. Check Out OpenAI's New Virtual Pets

There are eight built-in pets to choose from, but if you’re feeling adventurous, you can also create (and share) your own by ...
Interesting Engineering

DIY robot head inspired by Star Wars’ C-3PO droid comes to life with local AI

Fan-built C-3PO head becomes a talking desktop robot, combining 3D printing and AI voice tech for interactive home use.
IEEE

Analyzing Electrical Characteristics of Semiconductor Devices Using Raspberry PI and Python

Abstract: Characterizing three-terminal semiconductor devices is critical for optimizing analog circuit designs and enhancing system performance. The system is developed for an economical, portable, ...
news.gov.hk

Cultivating AI innovation on campus

Spearheaded by the Digital Policy Office, the IT Innovation Lab in Secondary Schools programme and the Knowing More About IT ...
CNX Software

UGV Beast – An off-road tracked AI robot built for Raspberry Pi 4/5

Waveshare UGV Beast is an off-road robot with tracked wheels designed for Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 SBC handling AI vision and strategy planning, while an ESP32 sub-controller takes care of motion control ...
The New York Times

The Killer Robots Are Coming. The Battlefield Will Never Look the Same.

Ukraine is using unmanned ground vehicles armed with bombs, guns or rockets to carry out attacks and keep its soldiers out of harm’s way. By Maria Varenikova Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine The robots ...
Ars Technica

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog now reads gauges and thermometers with Google’s AI

Robots such as Boston Dynamics’ four-legged Spot can now accurately read analog thermometers and pressure gauges while roaming around factories and warehouses. Those improvements come courtesy of ...
Liliputing

Crowdfunded Pilet handheld PC redesigned to use Raspberry Pi CM5 for brains… even though backers expected it to work with a Raspberry Pi 5 Model B

More than a year after launching a crowdfunding campaign for a pair of Raspberry Pi-powered handheld computers, the folks at Soulsircuit have announced a major change… and backers aren’t particularly ...