Arduino has grown almost exponentially in popularity since it was first released and is well known in the world of robotics as an inexpensive, highly versatile and easy to learn software and hardware platform for electronic and robotic experimentation. However, the introduction o…

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… :frowning: ) I’d like to get him a Kit to get started - say a Pi Zero with PSU, Key…

@Keith Salway A Pi would likely only be used if they plan to learn to code in Python, and programming is the objective of the course (which seems very high level for an 8yo). Otherwise, Arduino is best, and we offer quite a few starter kits: https://www.robotshop.com/en/arduino-k…

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.…

@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).

Which board Pi/Ard would be better suited to explored game trail camera ideas.

which controller would i use for a contact assisitve robot?

@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…

Sir can you tell me that which best board to use for robotic arm arduino or raspberry pi ?? Please help me suggesting the board

@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.

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@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.