Schlagwort: robot
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Arduino Cloud Embraces Python and JavaScript for new IoT projects
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Internet of Things (IoT) has become a ubiquitous term, encompassing a vast array of applications ranging from small-scale embedded systems to complex networked devices. Traditionally, IoT development has been synonymous with programming in languages like C and C++. However, the landscape is rapidly evolving, with modern languages like Python and JavaScript…
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DIY marble solitaire board helps you solve the puzzle
Reading Time: 2 minutesSolitaire is any tabletop game that can be played by just one person, and it can take the form of cards, pegs, memory, and in this case, marbles. As Mark Donners discusses in his element14 Presents video, marble solitaire is made of 33 individual divots and a total of 32 marbles that populate each one except…
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This beer pong-playing robot uses sophisticated math to sink shots
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeer pong is a classic party game involving skill, persistence, and alcohol tolerance. Participating in friendly games of beer pong is a great way to socialize with peers, but what if you aren’t very good at tossing ping pong balls into red Solo cups? In that case, you may want to follow…
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Build your own wireless hand-wired keyboards — a guide
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are few feelings more satisfying than building your own home office or gaming setup from scratch. Sitting at your workstation knowing that everything is made just the way you like it, in exactly the way you imagined — it’s pretty neat. Today, it’s easier than ever to craft your own equipment…
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Celebrate World Bicycle Day with these Arduino-powered bike projects
Reading Time: 7 minutesCycling is a great way to spend time outdoors while simultaneously getting exercise and even as a mode of efficient transportation. And in the last few years due to the recent proliferation of e-bikes on the market and the pandemic, there has been an explosion in the number of people wanting to…
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This beautiful lamp shows the moon’s phases from your nightstand
Reading Time: 2 minutesEarly astronomers used observations on the moon’s phases to deduce the spherical nature of celestial objects and eventually to develop the heliocentric model that we all know and love today. Astrologers saw deep meaning in the phases of the moon and used that to create an entire mythos. The moon and its…
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Reliving elementary school with a robotic recorder
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe recorder is a type of flute that is very popular in elementary schools because the instrument is so simple and inexpensive. If you were born in the last four decades and grew up in a western country, then there is a very good chance that you were required to learn how…
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Upgrade your sewing machine for CNC embroidery
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith a CNC (computer numerical control) embroidery machine, you can sew any custom patterns you want: text, logos, or goofy pictures. But commercial CNC embroidery equipment is expensive and consumer versions often leave a lot to be desired, which is why you might want to check out this write-up by SpaceForOne that…
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Meet our next 3 favorite Project Hub entries!
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe “Arduino Project of the Month” competition continues to bring out the best in our community! We are happy to highlight inventive projects and creative solutions, as well as the generous users who share everything they’ve learned along the way. So let’s hear it for the three entries selected for the month…
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Electronic game of Connect Four played on an 8×8 LED matrix
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe childhood classic tabletop game of Connect Four entails dropping either a red or yellow disc into one of several columns in a grid with the hope of lining up four in a row. And even though the game has existed digitally for a while now, it is mostly played on LCD…
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This stretchable wearable sensor provides accurate knee tracking
Reading Time: 2 minutesHealth tracking is a vital component to recovering after an injury or simply trying to improve one’s own fitness, and although accelerometer-based devices are decent at tracking general activity, they fail to accurately monitor specific areas of the body such as joint movement. This is why a team of researchers from the…
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This robot ensures power tool batteries are always topped off
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you’re anything like every other human being on the planet, you have several cordless power tools and their batteries are all dead. You never remember to put the batteries on their chargers until you need the tool for a job on realize that it won’t turn on. Discipline is difficult, so…
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Analyze the ambient sound around you with this Arduino setup
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou’ve probably heard that there isn’t any sound in space. That’s because sound is vibration traveling through a medium, like air or wood, and space is a mostly empty vacuum. The frequency of the vibration in a medium is the pitch of the sound and the amplitude is the volume. If you…
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Sort up to 280 coins per minute with this 3D-printed machine
Reading Time: 2 minutesCounting one’s coins by hand can take a very long time, and for those wanting to avoid physically going to the bank or paying a fee at a commercial machine, what options remain? The YouTuber known as Fraens has created a full 3D-printed coin sorter and counter that combines technology with a clever design to accomplish…
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This cheap robot arm can follow recorded movements
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are many ways to control a robot arm, with the simplest being a sequential list of rotation commands for the motors. But that method is very inefficient when the robot needs to do anything complex in the real world. A more streamlined technique lets the user move the arm as necessary,…
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Enabling automated pipeline maintenance with edge AI
Reading Time: 2 minutesPipelines are integral to our modern way of life, as they enable the fast transportation of water and energy between central providers and the eventual consumers of that resource. However, the presence of cracks from mechanical or corrosive stress can lead to leaks, and thus waste of product or even potentially dangerous…
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This robotic dispenser will tell you if you forget to take your pills
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany types of medications (such as anti-depressants like SSRIs) can have a very negative effect if they aren’t taken on a regular basis. Even taking them a few hours late can harm a person’s mood and cause physical discomfort. But remembering to take pills at the proper time can be tricky —…
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The Whimsy Artist is a little robot that both creates and destroys art
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany people find the subjectivity of art to be frustrating, but that subjectivity is what makes art interesting. Banksy’s self-shredding art piece is a great example of this. The original painting sold at auction for $1.4 million—and then it shredded itself in front of everyone. That increased its value and the now-shredded…
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These projects from CMU incorporate the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense in clever ways
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith an array of onboard sensors, Bluetooth® Low Energy connectivity, and the ability to perform edge AI tasks thanks to its nRF52840 SoC, the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense is a great choice for a wide variety of embedded applications. Further demonstrating this point, a group of students from the Introduction to…
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DIY air hockey table uses an Arduino to keep score
Reading Time: 2 minutesInspired by game nights with her family, Lorraine Underwood from element14 Presents wanted to build a project that would be both fun and playable many times over. Based on these parameters, she opted to design and construct her own take on an air hockey table that would be capable of keeping score automatically. The base of…
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Control a thermal printer with your Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou would probably recognize a thermal printer as the thing that spits out receipts at a cash register. They offer a two key advantages: they do not require ink cartridges and they are compact. But because they print by applying heat to special paper that darkens when hot, they have low resolution…
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The Emotion Aid is a wearable device that communicates its user’s emotions
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany people (especially those with autism spectrum disorder) have difficulty communicating with others around them. That is always a challenge, but becomes particularly noticeable when one cannot convey their emotions through body language. If someone can’t show that they’re not in the mood to talk, that may lead to confusing interactions. To…
