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Robotics at home

  • 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...
  • 24 Nov 2024 » How to make particle systems for fun and robotics
  • 09 Oct 2024 » Robotics at Home with the DIY PicoBot
  • 02 May 2024 » A retrospective on PiWars 2024 - Disaster Zone
  • 09 Apr 2024 » Technical and Artistic presentation video for PiWars 2024
  • 07 Apr 2024 » Piwars 2024 Disaster Zone Update - Nerf Turret
  • 19 Mar 2024 » Learn Robotics Programming - Navigating Power and Connection Challenges with the Inventor Hat Mini
  • 28 Feb 2024 » The Pi Wars robot attachment plate comes together
  • 21 Jan 2024 » About the MPRemote command
  • 14 Jan 2024 » More planning for 2024 PiWars Robot
  • 03 Jan 2024 » Robot building fun this week
  • 11 Dec 2023 » A change of my viewpoint on wiring
  • 12 Nov 2023 » Coder Dojo Robot Wall Avoiding
  • 07 Nov 2023 » Verifying that Asyncio is working on CircuitPython
  • 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
  • 14 Oct 2023 » Choosing parts for the coder dojo robots
  • 06 Oct 2023 » A weekend of robotics celebration for Orionrobots
  • 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
  • 07 Sep 2023 » How to drive robot motors with MicroPython
  • 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
  • 01 Aug 2023 » Making a robotic foam dart turret with sound effects
  • 14 Jul 2023 » 20% Discount on my Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico Book
  • 04 Jul 2023 » Me and MeArm in The MagPi
  • 26 Jun 2023 » Fixing the Piwars robot batteries
  • 25 Jun 2023 » Testing the PiWars robot
  • 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
  • 23 Dec 2022 » Debugging motion data
  • 23 Oct 2022 » How to Sample from a Gaussian distribution on Raspberry Pi Pico
  • 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
  • 08 Feb 2022 » Raspberry Pi Pico USB tip
  • 11 Feb 2021 » Learn Robotics Programming Second Edition Video Announcement
  • 23 Jan 2021 » Controlling a OWI Edge Robot Arm with Bluetooth
  • 16 Jan 2021 » Interview with Danny Staple
  • 21 Apr 2020 » Piwars 2020 Robot design - The Roof Rack
  • 31 Aug 2019 » Connecting a MeArm to the Raspberry Pi
  • 15 Feb 2019 » Using The Picon Zero with Learn Robotics Programming - Part 1
  • 13 Feb 2019 » Fusion 360 CAD Files For My Piwars Robot
  • 01 Feb 2019 » Learn Robotics Programming On The Raspberry Pi 3a+
  • 09 Jan 2019 » My Book - Learn Robotics Programming on Sale Today
  • 05 Dec 2018 » Announcing My Book - Learn Robotics Programming
  • 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
  • 03 Jan 2017 » Building a Microbit Robot with the Kitronic v2 Motor Board
  • 12 Dec 2016 » Programming the UnoTron using ArduBlockly
  • 24 Nov 2016 » Building a 4tronix UnoTron Robot
  • 06 Nov 2014 » HC SR04 Distance Sensor
  • 22 Sep 2014 » PyCon Uk 2014 and the Armbot
  • 07 Jul 2014 » Arduino Leonardo Board
  • 11 Jun 2014 » Idea - a directional distance sensor board
  • 23 May 2013 » Building a Bump Sensor For The Orion Explorer 1 Kits
  • 02 May 2013 » Robot Building Tips
  • 28 Mar 2013 » Why are we using AA batteries?
  • 22 May 2012 » Arduino Lego Enclosure
  • 22 Jan 2011 » Arduino tinkerings
  • 24 Dec 2009 » EEE PC Robot build
  • 10 Jul 2006 » Building A Battle Robot
  • 30 Jun 2006 » Multitasking in Robots
  • 26 May 2006 » Adder Subtractor Drive
  • 16 Jan 2006 » BEAM Robots
  • 23 Aug 2005 » MultiMeter
  • 14 Nov 2004 » Cybot
  • 14 Nov 2004 » Fixing a Broken Wire
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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