Schlagwort: robot
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A new chapter for Arduino – with Qualcomm, UNO Q, and you!
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday we’re sharing some truly exciting news: Arduino has entered into an agreement to join the Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. family! This is a huge step in our journey – one that allows us to keep growing, thriving, and making technology accessible to everyone, while bringing our values of openness, simplicity, and community…
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This Arduino Nano R4-controlled hourglass simulates sand with LEDs
Reading Time: 2 minutesOutside of playing board games, hourglasses are almost entirely pointless these days. And yet, they’re still incredibly satisfying. Watching the sand fall in a steady and consistent stream is downright mesmerizing. Sadly, you probably can’t make your own hourglass unless you happen to be very skilled at glassblowing. But you can create…
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This chest contains the beating heart of Davy Jones
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise really likes to make figurative elements and metaphors quite literal, as shown in Dead Man’s Chest when the chest in question is shown to contain the actual beating heart of Davy Jones. That’s a fun visual that Grendel Studios’ Erik Finley turned into a real-life…
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This robot picks locks using brains instead of brawn
Reading Time: 2 minutesA physical lock, like what secures your front door, has a finite and calculable number of combinations, just like a digital keypad does. There are a set number of pins in the lock and each can be one of a set number of lengths. Each of those numbers varies based on manufacturer…
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Dive into satellite IoT with the new Arduino-compatible Iridium Certus 9704 Development Kit
Reading Time: 3 minutesIoT (Internet of Things) devices can be very useful, but they do, by definition, require internet access. That’s easy enough when Wi-Fi® is available, and it is even possible to rely on LoRa® and cellular data connections to transmit data outside of urban areas. However, deploying an IoT device to a truly…
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Alvik Fight Club: A creative twist on coding, competition, and collaboration
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat happens when you hand an educational robot to a group of developers and ask them to build something fun? At Arduino, you get a multiplayer robot showdown that’s part battle, part programming lesson, and entirely Alvik. The idea for Alvik Fight Club first came to life during one of our internal…
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Concept Bytes’ coffee table tracks people and walks itself across a room when called
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe term “mmWave” refers to radio waves with wavelengths on the millimeter scale. When it comes to wireless communications technology, like 5G, mmWave allows for very fast data transfer — though that comes at the expense of range. But mmWave technology also has some very useful sensing and scanning applications, which you…
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Building a Wi-Fi robot controller that accepts voice commands
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe whole point of a robot is that it can operate without direct control input from an operator. Except there are many exceptions and it isn’t uncommon for roboticists and operators to require direct control. The Tinkering Techie needed to add that capability to his rover robot and built his own Wi-Fi…
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This automatic emergency braking system protects RC cars
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is a story as old as time (or at least the 1960s): kid gets an RC car for Christmas and excitedly takes it for spin, but crashes it into a wall within five minutes and tears ensue. The automotive industry has cut down on accidents by implementing automatic emergency braking safety…
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This unique electronic toy helps children learn their shapes
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt isn’t a secret that many kids find math to be boring and it is easy for them to develop an attitude of “when am I ever going to use this?” But math is incredibly useful in the real world, from blue-collar machinists using trigonometry to quantum physicists unveiling the secrets of…
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This machine automatically scans books from cover to cover
Reading Time: 2 minutesHard data is hard to find, but roughly 100 million books were published prior to the 21st century. Of those, a significant portion were never available in a digital format and haven’t yet been digitized, which means their content is effectively inaccessible to most people today. To bring that content into the…
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The PlatypusBot is a TurtleBot3-inspired robot built from vacuum cleaner parts
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe all love the immense convenience provided by robot vacuum cleaners, but what happens when they get too old to function? Rather than throwing it away, Milos Rasic from element14 Presents wanted to extract the often-expensive components and repurpose them into an entirely new robot, inspired by the TurtleBot3: the PlatypusBot. Rasic…
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Why we chose Claude for the Arduino Cloud AI Assistant
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe know that introducing AI into your coding environment comes with questions – about safety, accuracy, privacy, and trust. That’s why we want to be transparent about how we built the recently-announced Arduino AI Assistant in the Cloud IDE, and why we chose to power it with Claude by Anthropic, available via…
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This 1D camera captures 2D images of things it can’t see
Reading Time: 2 minutesYes, the title of this article sounds pretty crazy. But not only is it entirely possible through the lens of physics, but it is also practical to achieve in the real world using affordable parts. Jon Bumstead pulled it off with an Arduino, a photoresistor, and an inexpensive portable projector. Today’s digital…
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Arduino Cloud Café: Teach real coding concepts with Arduino AI Assistant
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAre you an educator looking to make coding easier and faster to teach? Join Andrea Richetta, Principal Product Evangelist at Arduino, and Roxana Escobedo, EDU Product Marketing Specialist, for a special Arduino Cloud Café live webinar on July 7th at 5PM CET. You will discover how the new AI Assistant in…
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This novel wearable provides touchless haptic feedback for VR typing
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne reason that fans prefer mechanical keyboards over membrane alternatives is that mechanical key switches provide a very noticeable tactile sensation at the moment a key press registers. Whether consciously or not, users notice that and stop pressing the key all the way through the maximum travel — reducing strain and RSI…
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This spinning water contraption is actually a functional battery
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you ask someone to think of a battery, they’re probably going to picture a chemical battery, like a AA alkaline or a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. But there are other kinds of batteries that store energy without any fancy chemistry at all. If you find a way to save energy for later,…
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Elevate your IoT with ultra-wideband: Meet Arduino Stella and Portenta UWB Shield!
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are proud to announce two groundbreaking additions to the Arduino Pro portfolio: the Arduino Stella and Portenta UWB Shield, developed in partnership with Truesense. These advanced tools leverage ultra-wideband (UWB) technology to redefine precision tracking, indoor navigation, and contactless human-machine interactions, empowering IoT innovation across industries. Whatever you have in mind,…
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Build your own 4DOF robotic arm on a budget
Reading Time: 2 minutesRobot arms are very cool and can be quite useful, but they also tend to be expensive. That isn’t just markup either, because the components themselves are pricey. However, you can save a lot of money if you make some sacrifices and build everything yourself. In that case, you can follow Ruben…
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Find your way to AI with Arduino, at the EDGE AI FOUNDATION’s event in Milan
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re heading to Milan! On July 2nd-4th, Arduino will be taking part in the EDGE AI FOUNDATION’s annual European event – a three-day gathering dedicated to exploring the future of artificial intelligence at the edge. With a mix of inspiring keynotes, hands-on workshops, product demos, and networking opportunities, this event brings together…
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Toss-launching drones is hard — this automatic launcher does it better
Reading Time: 2 minutesTypically, consumer drones take off from the ground or some other solid surface. But that isn’t very cinematic and toss launches — when the pilot throws the drone up into the air — are a lot more interesting to watch. Sadly, NickFPV isn’t very good at tossing his drone and that invites…
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This robotic tongue drummer bangs out all the ambient hits
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you like to listen to those “deep focus” soundtracks that are all ambient and relaxing, then you’ve heard a tongue drum in action. A tongue drum, or tank drum, is a unique percussion instrument traditionally made from an empty propane cylinder — though purpose-built models are now common. Several tongues are…
