Oct '16
My grandson (8) is a clever lad and is interested in getting into programming. Next year they’ll be using either Arduino or Raspberry pi ib class ( no one seems to know what the core hardware is… 
) I’d like to get him a Kit to get started - say a Pi Zero with PSU, Keyboard & Mouse and some sort of output - an LED display to scroll words on may be a good start. He is very into Lego / Meccano ( builds it all himself) so making Robots / powered models will be his first big target / project …) Anyway what do you suggest as a starter kit? Keith .
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Oct '16
▶ keithsalway
Dec '16
Hello,I wanted to make a project on an artificially intelligent robot,consider Siri or Google Assistant,one like them.A robo which can talk and understand(i dont want it to be huge).And can move on its own on orders.One which is embedded with alot of information and intelligence.What would you suggest me?Arduino or Raspberry pi.It would multipurpose robot tho.
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Dec '16
▶ muhammadafnaan
@Muhammad Afnaan At a very minimum you would need a Raspberry Pi, and you may even want to consider a mini form factor motherboard with normal Pentium chip (helps with complex voice recognition, fast internet searches etc).
Jun '17
Which board Pi/Ard would be better suited to explored game trail camera ideas.
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Jul '17
▶ charleskterry
@Charles Terry The most an Arduino can handle in terms of vision processing is the CMuCam (which offloads this from the microcontroller). Generally a Pi is best for images / videos.
Sep '17
which controller would i use for a contact assisitve robot?
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Sep '17
▶ panashemombeyarara
@Panashe Mombeyarara It depends on the features you want to have. If it involves normal analog / digital sensors and actuators, you can get away with using a microcontroller. If you move into more advanced features like 2D / 3D mapping / camera or vision systems, consider a Pi or a single board computer.
Sep '17
Sir can you tell me that which best board to use for robotic arm arduino or raspberry pi ?? Please help me suggesting the board
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Oct '17
▶ absar
@Absar Unless you need “high level” programming like a vision system, 3D mapping etc. (or want to code in Python), a microcontroller / Arduino should work in most cases if you are building something hobby-grade.
) I’d like to get him a Kit to get started - say a Pi Zero with PSU, Keyboard & Mouse and some sort of output - an LED display to scroll words on may be a good start. He is very into Lego / Meccano ( builds it all himself) so making Robots / powered models will be his first big target / project …) Anyway what do you suggest as a starter kit? Keith .
