Robotics Posts

6 Jul

Makin' Art: "Waiting" With Jaime Carrejo

Learn about Jaime Carrejo's installation "Waiting," and how we went about building a kinetic installation art piece.

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18 May

And The Winner Is...

In The Princess Bride, Westley explains to Buttercup that the name is the important thing for inspiring the necessary fear. Well, the creepy head doesn’t need any help in that department, but we decided to give it a name anyway.

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6 May

Good Vibrations (And a Contest)

Last week we released a great little haptic driver from Dialog Semiconductors. This week I show you how fast and simple it is to build into a potentially job-saving project.

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30 Apr

Haptic! At the Disco

Two new Qwiic Haptic Drivers are available, as well as a certified lithium ion battery.

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8 Apr

Introducing the Epigone Drone

Our attempt to fly a drone with some of the same technology as NASA and none of the international scrutiny.

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7 Apr

A PIR Primer and Project That's Anything but Passive

Recently we introduced four new PIR boards that use Panasonic’s new EKM-series PIR sensor, and I was excited to put one of them into a build.

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18 Mar

Building an AI Robot with GreatScott!

Recently, GreatScott! sat down with our JetBot AI Kit v2.1 - join the AI adventure!

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2 Feb

Makin' Art: My Adventures with Trey Duvall

A look back on all my engineering work with the artist Trey Duvall

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19 Jan

Drone Technology

At SparkFun, we’ve worked with numerous drone companies to help them find GPS, distance sensing, tracking and communication, and other hardware to meet their needs.

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23 Dec

Winning a Virtual Robotics Competition

Jesse is back again today to talk about his latest accomplishment in robotics!

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