1. Joints - The Foundation of Movement Joints are the moving links in a robotic arm. They let the arm bend, rotate, or change direction-similar to how our elbows and wrists work. In a 6-axis robotic ...

In what follows, we will refer to these collections as “Breadboards,” “Tools,” and “Components” for short. For example, when working with semiconductors such as transistors, diodes (including ...

Getting started with Arduino can feel quite overwhelming at first because you're faced with the decision of what board to buy ...

With technology advancing at an ever-accelerating rate, the gadgets and innovations you come across daily can often feel like they've jumped straight out of a science fiction movie. For instance, you ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you have an interest in electronics and have been hanging around DIY tech forums for a while now, chances are you already know what an ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When it comes to DIY tech, the Raspberry Pi is one of the most recognizable products out there. It's been around for more than a decade now, ...

Electronics components range widely in size and function. From a beginner's point of view, it's hard to know where to start digging in. Programmer Christopher Pitt made a nice little beginner's guide ...

WHAT is twice as fun as a motor? Two motors. Last week, we learned how to meet their power-hungry needs. Now, we can double up – and because the micro:bit can control them, we can make a robot that ...

YOU have battled batteries, mastered motors and conquered coding. Now, far from the humble reading light you made in week 2, you should be able to build an autonomous line-following robot to bring the ...

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I don’t know about you, but although I like reading about electronics in a theoretical sort of way, there’s nothing I enjoy more than the hands-on building of something and then watching that thing ...