Just a couple of months ago FriendlyElec introduced the NanoPi M4, which was then the smallest, most affordable Rockchip RK3399 based SBC yet. But now they have launched a $45, Rockchip RK3399 based NanoPi Neo4 SBC with a 60 x...

This week the company released as open source the designs to a chip module it made to power deep learning in cars, robots, and smaller connected devices such as cameras. That module, the DLA for deep learning...

Robotical’s hackable, Cortex-M4 based “Marty” educational robot has flexible legs, and can be upgraded with an onboard Raspberry Pi. A startup called Robotical is seeking funds on Indiegogo for a 3D printable, mostly open source, walking robot...

Hardware startups are now beginning to enjoy the type of attention that their software counterparts have enjoyed. “The decreasing cost of prototyping is lowering the barriers to entry and making it more feasible to develop a physical...

    Just a few weeks ago, we presented in this blog the maker version of a motorized snowplow, similar to those  available in many bricolage shopping malls. In fact our robot is a particular caterpillar track,...

We present a caterpillar robot based on Arduino Uno, remotely controlled through a Play Station 2 wireless controllers.   Since we are not insensitive to solutions making life easier, we have considered the idea of creating and...

Another interesting educational project on kickstarter, Balanbot is a self balancing robot designed in Open Source The self-balancing Robot is an interesting educational toy. Many friends around us were trying to build one, but they encountered many...

Amazon launched a contest to build the robots for the warehouse of the future. If you’re interested in robotics, this could be a nice opportunity to play with some really advanced platforms, or to build one. We...

Droidles are cute little robots which interact in what the creators call “the worlds largest computer intelligence experiment”.  The objective of the project is to build “a distributed multi-swarm of autonomous robots – connected over the internet with a common...

Scratch Duino is a highly customizable, simple and interactive open source robot kit based on magnetic-mount sensors. Despite the beauty of the project, it is probably a bit too ambitious in terms of funding! (around 100k$) If want...

One can say that we have plenty of Robot platforms in open source: indeed see our offers! This one particularly looks like our Ardusumo. But it’s always good to support these projects! Apeiros is a user friendly, professionally...

Lovable project that seeks for funding on kickstarter! Let’s encourage PicassoBot is a robotic arm kit that can draw pictures and sketches. It is open source, compatible with Arduino, and USB powered. “Potato” drawing done by 9...

This invention is pretty cool and it also opens (or better, fits) into the more general topic of soft robotics, a new breed of robots that can be used in a totally new set of occasions: One...

This super cool multifunctional – open source – delta robot just launched on Indiegogo. The cool thing is that by using magnetic based attachments, ZeGo can quickly and easily be turned into a 3D printer, engraver, entry level...

During my internship at Fablab Amsterdam, I came across a device that fascinated me a lot. It  was a freaky looking headset called the Emotive EPOC that promised to be able to read one’s mind using EEG....