September of last year I backed the Pixy CMUcam5 project on kickstarter. Back then the people behind the project (Charmed labs) promised a November delivery date. With over 2000 people backing the project things turned out a bit differently. I only received my Pixy last week. I also had the bad luck that the package […]
Decided it was time to add a Raspberry Pi to my Dagu service droid. I already had a Pi shell so that came in handy to attach the Raspberry Pi to the service droid. It has 2 mounting holes in the back which are ideal to mount it. I drilled 2 holes in the back […]
DFrobot sent me their latest robot kit, the insectbot kit. It’s a small 2 servo robot that’s easy to built and program. The kit is ideal for people who want to built their first robot. It comes with an Arduino compatible micro controller. The insectbot kit is sold for less then 30$, so it doesn’t […]
When I saw the offer on letsmakerobots.com to buy a new robot kit from Dagu at a special price I didn’t hesitate… Dagu’s new robot kit is the “service droid”. It’s a kit that can be mounted on the popular Rover 5 platform. The service droid is made from hundreds of laser cut acrylic parts. […]
