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  • Robotics book featured in a Humble Bundle
    08 Apr 2025 » Robotics book featured in a Humble Bundle
    I’m honoured!more…
  • Announcing Learn Robotics Programming 3rd Edition
    12 Feb 2025 » Announcing Learn Robotics Programming 3rd Edition
    🚀 Pre-order Alert! 🤖more…
  • Metric Dimensions for the RCWL-1601 Ultrasonic Sensor
    12 Feb 2025 » Metric Dimensions for the RCWL-1601 Ultrasonic Sensor
    These are surprisingly hard to find. So I’ve made measurements using my digital calipers.more…
  • Trying out Assemblies in FreeCAD 1.0.0
    12 Feb 2025 » Trying out Assemblies in FreeCAD 1.0.0
    I’ve been working on a robotics mentoring project for Coder Dojo KU. There will be a fleet of 10 of these robots. The current task is to model a sensor bracket that I can print for some RCWL-1601 ultrasonic distance sensors.more…
  • 26 Jan 2025 » Fixing the Maplin OWI Edge Robot Arm - Powering and Circuits
  • 03 Jan 2025 » 2014 Attempt To Design A Custom Arduino Shield
  • 02 May 2024 » A retrospective on PiWars 2024 - Disaster Zone
  • 17 Apr 2024 » Pi Wars 2024 Robot Updates
  • 13 Apr 2024 » How we designed and built the grab and lift mechanism for the PiWars 2024 robot
  • 09 Apr 2024 » Technical and Artistic presentation video for PiWars 2024
  • 07 Apr 2024 » Piwars 2024 Disaster Zone Update - Nerf Turret
  • 28 Feb 2024 » The Pi Wars robot attachment plate comes together
  • 25 Feb 2024 » Pi Wars update - updating the attachment plate
  • 24 Feb 2024 » Debugging electronic circuits
  • 18 Feb 2024 » Progress update for PiWars 2024
  • 29 Jan 2024 » Piwars 2024 progress - a right angled USB cable
  • 28 Jan 2024 » Amusing vL53L5cx sensor issue
  • 27 Jan 2024 » Piwars Robot battery charging issues
  • 21 Jan 2024 » About the MPRemote command
  • 09 Jan 2024 » Strange Yukon power behaviour on Big Ole Yellow
  • 04 Jan 2024 » Dialling in my 3D printer for better prints
  • 03 Jan 2024 » Robot building fun this week
  • 11 Dec 2023 » A change of my viewpoint on wiring
  • 08 Dec 2023 » Having fun with the Pimoroni Yukon Board
  • 30 Nov 2023 » Robotics building - A month of learning the hard way
  • 28 Nov 2023 » 3D Printing a replacement part for the Sparkfun Shadow Chassis
  • 21 Nov 2023 » Robotics touch sensors mimicking fingerprints
  • 21 Nov 2023 » Open Source Python Robotics Algorithms on GitHub
  • 12 Nov 2023 » Coder Dojo Robot Wall Avoiding
  • 22 Oct 2023 » TMF882x Distance Sensors
  • 22 Oct 2023 » Making a shim for the Pimoroni Explorer Hat Pro
  • 18 Oct 2023 » Adapting different Raspberry Pi motor drivers for Piwars 2024
  • 02 Oct 2023 » Are my robot recommendations expensive?
  • 29 Sep 2023 » Say Hello to the Raspberry Pi 5!
  • 09 Sep 2023 » PID experiments with an Arduino Nano and encoders
  • 04 Sep 2023 » How to get i2s playback with Raspberry Pi Pico
  • 29 Aug 2023 » Troubleshooting sensor positioning on a mobile robot
  • 15 Aug 2023 » How To Make Robot Building Reference Cards using Pinout.xyz
  • 05 Aug 2023 » How to add line following to a robot with Raspberry Pi Pico and Python
  • 24 Jun 2023 » Block Diagrams of Electronics for the Piwars 2024 Robot
  • 23 Jun 2023 » Piwars 2024 Robot Arduino Electronics
  • 22 Jun 2023 » What electronics did I use in the PiWars 2019 Metal Chassis Robot
  • 21 Jun 2023 » Current state of the 2024 PiWars robot
  • 14 Jun 2023 » Specification card for my PiWars 2024 entry
  • 13 Jun 2023 » Making a PiWars 2024 Entry - The Entry Form
  • 07 Jun 2023 » Two MeArm Robot Arms Play Pass-the-parcel
  • 05 Jun 2023 » MeArm Robot Arm with Pico - Record and Playback
  • 02 May 2023 » Talk about my robots at Raspberry Pint
  • 07 Apr 2023 » AliExpress shopping list for Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico
  • 04 Apr 2023 » UK Shopping lists for Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico
  • 14 Mar 2023 » Pi Day: Raspberry Pi on Pico Bot
  • 10 Mar 2023 » More Robotics at Home Chassis
  • 05 Mar 2023 » Using a Raspberry Pi to inspect code on Raspberry Pi Pico
  • 01 Mar 2023 » New robot building parts in the lab!
  • 28 Feb 2023 » Interview with Packt Publishing on my upcoming book
  • 26 Jan 2023 » Using multiple VL53L type sensors
  • 25 Jan 2023 » What I’ve been working on - tracebacks in CircuitPython
  • 16 Jan 2023 » Getting support for my robotics content
  • 27 Dec 2022 » Motion tracking workbench accessories
  • 27 Dec 2022 » MaixSense A010 Day 2 - Sipeed Support
  • 26 Dec 2022 » Maixsense A010 first impressions
  • 23 Dec 2022 » Debugging motion data
  • 20 Nov 2022 » 2022 battery choices update
  • 19 Nov 2022 » Battery Storage - simple divider
  • 02 Nov 2022 » Foam board joint experiments
  • 07 Aug 2022 » Bluefruit graphing - beware auto scaling
  • 27 Jul 2022 » Machine bolts supplied with parts
  • 10 Jul 2022 » Day two of Piwars Raspberry Pi Robotics Competition 2022
  • 09 Jul 2022 » PiWars 2022 - Old MacDoofus Had a Farm - Raspberry Pi Robotics
  • 20 May 2022 » Adafruit Airlift ESP32 NINA Firmware
  • 19 May 2022 » Learn Robotics Programming Second Edition errata - PuTTY
  • 08 Apr 2022 » Raspberry Pi Pico Wifi and Wireless
  • 08 Feb 2022 » Raspberry Pi Pico USB tip
  • 24 Jul 2021 » Freecad Assembly4 File Link
  • 15 Jun 2021 » Raspberry Pi Pico Wireless pack and Motors
  • 23 May 2021 » Foam Core Drawer Dividers
  • 07 Apr 2021 » Motor Mash - N20 to TT Motor Adaptor - Learn Robotics Programming Help
  • 07 Mar 2021 » How to keep home build project wires tidy with Spiral Wire Wrap
  • 19 Feb 2021 » Learn Robotics Programming 2nd Edition - Hardware Shopping List
  • 15 Jan 2021 » Learn Robotics Programming second edition
  • 21 Apr 2020 » Piwars 2020 Robot design - The Roof Rack
  • 01 Mar 2020 » Piwars 2020: Kicad Part For the Pimoroni Explorer Hat Pro
  • 08 Dec 2019 » Piwars 2020 Designs
  • 15 Feb 2019 » Using The Picon Zero with Learn Robotics Programming - Part 1
  • 01 Feb 2019 » Learn Robotics Programming On The Raspberry Pi 3a+
  • 18 Apr 2018 » Piwars 2018 Robot - Panic Sets In
  • 10 Apr 2018 » PiWars 2018 Build Journal - Choosing the display
  • 06 Apr 2018 » PiWars 2018 Robot - getting the camera and sensors working again
  • 05 Apr 2018 » Pi Wars 2018 Robot - Visual processing interface design
  • 02 Apr 2018 » More work on Piwars 2018 Skittlebot robot - DualShock3 controller working
  • 01 Apr 2018 » PiWars 2018 SkittleBot robot - getting the kids involved
  • 26 Feb 2018 » Piwars 2018 Robot Status update - the excavator chassis
  • 29 Dec 2017 » Printed Circuit Board
  • 13 Oct 2017 » Turning Skittlebot into a PiWars Robot
  • 09 Aug 2017 » Building an esp8266 based hexapod robot - SpiderBot Part 1
  • 28 May 2017 » Attaching a Joystick or 2 Analog Sensors to a Nodemcu
  • 14 May 2017 » My Raspberry Pi computer vision robot Skittlebot works!
  • 07 May 2017 » Skittlebot build journal, 7th May 2017
  • 03 Jan 2017 » Building a Microbit Robot with the Kitronic v2 Motor Board
  • 24 Nov 2016 » Building a 4tronix UnoTron Robot
  • 24 Sep 2014 » Armbot Follow Up
  • 22 Sep 2014 » PyCon Uk 2014 and the Armbot
  • 01 Jun 2014 » Robot Stores
  • 27 May 2014 » About the Arduino
  • 09 Apr 2014 » The reality of electronics repair
  • 28 Dec 2013 » Stuff in the Orionrobots lab - Experimenting using a servo + single sonar
  • 23 Dec 2013 » All Our Robots are User Serviceable!
  • 30 Nov 2013 » Bluetooth with the Orionrobots Orion Explorer 1 Robot
  • 28 Nov 2013 » Interesting new robots to play with
  • 14 Nov 2013 » The Explorer Wall Avoider Kit Now On the Shop
  • 23 May 2013 » Building a Bump Sensor For The Orion Explorer 1 Kits
  • 02 May 2013 » Electronics
  • 02 May 2013 » Robot Building Tips
  • 02 May 2013 » Modding Robots
  • 02 May 2013 » Tutorial Projects
  • 02 May 2013 » Robot Kits
  • 02 Apr 2013 » The Orion Explorer 1 Robot with Distance Sensors
  • 28 Mar 2013 » Why are we using AA batteries?
  • 10 Mar 2013 » The Sonar Rangers are coming
  • 14 Jul 2012 » DK Robot Warrior Kit
  • 21 Mar 2011 » A cute little Robot that finds beats
  • 12 Mar 2011 » Lego SpyBotics
  • 12 Mar 2011 » Robot Kits - Gifts For Kids Guide 2011
  • 22 Jan 2011 » Arduino tinkerings
  • 11 Nov 2010 » Lego RCX
  • 24 Dec 2009 » EEE PC Robot build
  • 25 Apr 2009 » Lego Manas
  • 25 Apr 2009 » Using External Power Sources With The RCX
  • 24 Apr 2009 » MindStorms
  • 14 Jul 2008 » Chloe and Shannon
  • 07 Jul 2008 » Storage Systems
  • 06 Jul 2008 » UK Micromouse 2008
  • 04 May 2008 » Broken Cybot Repairs
  • 09 Mar 2008 » Get Your Hands On a VEXplorer kit with Robot Design and Building Contest!
  • 27 Jan 2008 » Awesome Robot Hacked Together With Chumby and Gaffa Tape
  • 04 Jan 2008 » Rack And Pinion
  • 30 Dec 2007 » Robot Building Safety
  • 08 Sep 2007 » Engadget Underwater ROV Kit
  • 21 Jul 2007 » Lego Mechanical Gear Multiplexer
  • 14 Apr 2007 » Robot Locomotion
  • 08 Apr 2007 » NXT - Building the Arm
  • 17 Mar 2007 » Degrees Of Freedom
  • 03 Mar 2007 » Tri Star Wheels
  • 04 Feb 2007 » Robot Tools
  • 28 Jan 2007 » DC Motor
  • 28 Jan 2007 » soldering
  • 28 Jan 2007 » Salvage Tips
  • 28 Jan 2007 » Electronic Relay
  • 28 Jan 2007 » Stepper Motors
  • 28 Jan 2007 » SMT - Surface Mount Technology
  • 23 Jan 2007 » Lego Mindstorms NXT - The Ultrasonic Sensor Tutorial
  • 18 Jan 2007 » Lego mindstorms NXT - Extending Tribot with a grabber
  • 13 Jan 2007 » Getting Stuck into the Lego Mindstorms NXT
  • 10 Jan 2007 » OrionRobots gets our first NXT
  • 03 Jan 2007 » FIRST Robotic Competition
  • 10 Dec 2006 » Rubot II
  • 15 Sep 2006 » Budget Robotics
  • 31 Aug 2006 » The Pico Cricket - Education Robotics Controller
  • 23 Aug 2006 » PDA Suitable for use with Phidgets
  • 30 Jul 2006 » VEX based aerial photographs
  • 12 Jul 2006 » Interfacing an LED to an RCX Port
  • 10 Jul 2006 » Building A Battle Robot
  • 09 Jul 2006 » Pneumatic
  • 09 Jul 2006 » FischerTechnik
  • 09 Jul 2006 » RCX Switches can be used as analogue actuators
  • 30 Jun 2006 » Multitasking in Robots
  • 28 Jun 2006 » 2nd International LEGO MINDSTORMS Competition
  • 23 Jun 2006 » Microsoft Robotics Studio cool, but not quite there yet
  • 18 Jun 2006 » Beta C Programming Solution for NXT Announced
  • 26 May 2006 » Adder Subtractor Drive
  • 21 May 2006 » Building an External Power Supply for the NXT
  • 10 May 2006 » LEGO Factory
  • 31 Mar 2006 » Comparing the NXT Educational with the NXT retail packs
  • 21 Mar 2006 » MicroController
  • 06 Mar 2006 » I2C
  • 03 Mar 2006 » FLL - First lego League
  • 03 Mar 2006 » Lego announce US educational prices for range of NXT products
  • 24 Feb 2006 » RIS - Robotic Invention System
  • 30 Jan 2006 » Gung Hei Fat Choi and Lego NXT developments!
  • 11 Jan 2006 » More NXT Information
  • 06 Jan 2006 » Lego unveils the next generation Mindstorms system
  • 04 Jan 2006 » OOPic
  • 01 Jan 2006 » Charmed Labs XPort 2
  • 19 Dec 2005 » About Danny Staple, AKA Orionr
  • 02 Dec 2005 » Diode
  • 01 Dec 2005 » Horse And Rider
  • 30 Nov 2005 » Headbots
  • 11 Oct 2005 » Modular Robot Design
  • 11 Oct 2005 » Hydraulic
  • 09 Oct 2005 » Single Acting Cylinder
  • 06 Oct 2005 » Deferred design
  • 06 Oct 2005 » End Effectors
  • 06 Oct 2005 » Robot Design
  • 03 Oct 2005 » Using The RCX With Stepper Motors
  • 15 Sep 2005 » Part Reuse
  • 11 Sep 2005 » Scrapheap Challenge
  • 10 Sep 2005 » Resistor
  • 10 Sep 2005 » LED - light Emitting Diode
  • 25 Aug 2005 » PWM - Pulse Width Modulation
  • 22 Aug 2005 » Retrieving Dropped Screws
  • 20 Aug 2005 » Damaged Screw Head
  • 03 Aug 2005 » Servo Motor
  • 03 Aug 2005 » Pistons
  • 03 Aug 2005 » Idea for an ooPIC based line follower robot
  • 29 Jul 2005 » Holding School Robot Battle Events
  • 01 Jul 2005 » Power Sources
  • 29 May 2005 » Helical
  • 28 May 2005 » WiFi
  • 28 May 2005 » RC - Remote Control
  • 04 May 2005 » Variable Resistor
  • 04 May 2005 » Pneumatic Lego Gripper
  • 02 May 2005 » Some robots from the club
  • 06 Apr 2005 » Round up of the Challenge on Saturday the 2nd April 2005
  • 01 Apr 2005 » Legs
  • 01 Apr 2005 » Last Meeting in East Finchley
  • 21 Mar 2005 » Meeting Log, and movies
  • 17 Mar 2005 » This weeks meeting
  • 25 Feb 2005 » PPRK - Palm Pilot Robot Kit
  • 23 Feb 2005 » East Finchley Group Stopping, Plans for next sessions, and more on Ball Contraption
  • 08 Feb 2005 » Making a Pancake Flipping Robot
  • 27 Jan 2005 » DK Ultimate Robot Kit
  • 25 Jan 2005 » FreeForm
  • 18 Jan 2005 » Lego Pneumatic Specifications
  • 31 Dec 2004 » RoboBrix
  • 01 Dec 2004 » Solenoid
  • 30 Nov 2004 » Holonomic Drive
  • 16 Nov 2004 » Creating Custom Sensors For The Lego RCX
  • 16 Nov 2004 » Cardbot Challenge Details
  • 16 Nov 2004 » Hot Pluggable
  • 15 Nov 2004 » Lego Vision Command
  • 15 Nov 2004 » MicroSwitches
  • 14 Nov 2004 » Motor
  • 14 Nov 2004 » Torque
  • 14 Nov 2004 » Helical Gears
  • 14 Nov 2004 » Fixing a Broken Wire
  • 04 Aug 2002 » Lego Hexapod Design Mk1
Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico

Learn how to build a robot in your own home. Using hand tools, and while gaining programming and design skills you will make a robotics platform for experimentation using the popular Raspberry Pi Pico.

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Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico: Build autonomous robots with the versatile low-cost Raspberry Pi Pico controller and Python
Learn Robotics Programming 2nd Edition

Time to build your own robot! Using a Raspberry Pi with parts and some time, you can use my book to learn how to make and program a robot with automatic behaviours.

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Learn Robotics Programming 2nd Edition. Build and control autonomous robots with a Raspberry Pi and Python 3
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