Are you ready for National Robotics Week 2015? The sixth annual National Robotics Week event will be held April 4-12, 2015. We invite you all to join us in the celebration of the National Robotics Week. For this very special week, RobotShop is offering a discounts on selected products for
We would like to introduce you to the LIDAR-Lite Laser Rangefinder [RB-Pli-01] from PulsedLight. This affordable and compact laser range finder is all the robotics enthusiast with ranging needs could want! It features laser range finding for distances of up to 40m
Déterminer la distance d'un objet face à votre robot est une tâche assez simple et s'effectue de manière fiable depuis bien longtemps à l'aide d'un sonar et de capteurs de distance IR. Dans la plupart des cas, ces deux types de capteurs répondent aux besoins de base du robot lorsqu'il s'agit d'une …
Every since the ESP8266 modules were released, I have wanted to try one. I ordered a few once they came out last year, but did not get to try them out until this year. After trying one module that seemed to work but never could be connected to, I tried another and was finally able to get one …
At Lynxmotion UAV we were looking at the future of our UAV / Drones lineup and had to take decisions for our next models. There are many ways to make a UAV frame and we wanted to keep the Lynxmotion spirit of being modular and expandable; something you can use to build your frame design and be ab
RobotShop is participating in Arduino Day by offering special discounts up to 30% on selected Arduino products. These specials will be in effect not only for Saturday March 28th the official Arduino Day but, for the whole weekend. Large specials are offered on the most popular products you love. No…
RobotShop once again announces changes to shipping rates in order to improve customer service. From now on, free shipping in North-America will be offered for all orders over $75 before tax instead of $200. This includes all products in RobotShop's vast range from domestic robots to robot parts. Th…
If you plan on using multiple Phidget devices in your project, then you'll need to use the unique serial number of the board to distinguish between each one. This is easy to do in Flowbotics, but first, you'll need to get the serial number. The serial number is listed on each device, or you can
The scene is that of a futuristic drone / UAV control center where a commander has full view over any situation and relays commands to small number of skilled professionals which in turn operate a fleet of UAVs.
Robotics is moving fast, and soon enough, applications ("apps") made specifically for robots will become a multi-billion dollar industry. The new FlowBotics Studio software development platform is the ideal tool to create such "robot apps" and includes everything you need to make your robots smarte…
RobotShop launched today a new branch of the RobotShop website dedicated to shoppers from the United Kingdom. This new website allows for optimized logistics for customers including very competitive shipping rates and a large product selection. Other advantages of this new website is that all price…
Picture this: you wake up in the morning and decide that you'd like to get some chores done before you even leave the bed. From your smartphone, you open up some apps that control several different systems in your home - from lighting, to cleaning, and even to cooking and entertainment. You choose …
I was looking at eBay one night and saw a Maple Mini clone. It was under $5 so I took a chance. For any that don't know, the Maple boards are Arduino like uC's designed by Leaf Labs. They make ARM Cortex controller boards. This little board has the following short list specs:MCU: STM32F103RCBT6, a …
There have been new recent developments in the US regarding small UAVs / Drones. The FAA has released their "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The document and regulations are open to public opinion for the next 60 days. As stated in the FAA proposal, the regulatio…
Panasonic takes a hold on the robot vacuum market by developing a new robot vacuum cleaner named Rulo MC-RS1. This new robot vacuum is set to hit stores in Japan end of March and soon after in other countries. The Rulo MC-RS1 is the first triangular robot vacuum to hit the market. Most robot va
In this lesson, we take a look at Radio Frequency Identification, RFID for short. These systems use data strings stored inside special tags (or transponders) to uniquely identify people or objects when they are scanned by an RFID reader. These types of systems are found in many applications such
