[Imc-makerspace] Ideas for educational programmable robot kits (for teens and adults)?

[Colten Jackson]

Blynk looks really interesting, especially if they support an Uno+ESP8266,
that wouldn't be expensive at all, but their documentation is lacking.

You could also combine TouchOSC iphone app would make it easy to build an
interface that tells a raspberry pi what to do, and the pigpio library
could let you control lots of servos, but I'm afraid I'm unhelpful in
pointing you in the direction of a particular kit.

I'd suggest looking at hackaday.io, there's a lot of fantastic hexapods and
robot arms that would be a great robotics project, just a few laser cuts
away:

Just one for instance:
https://hackaday.io/project/770-stubby-the-teaching-hexapod

Good luck :)

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 9:35 PM, Mike Bohlmann <iammikeb at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Do you have a price point you're shooting for? For the interface, I have
> been thinking about a Blynk-powered control system with my Arduino Yun.
> Unfortunately, I need to get a motor driver shield before I can build it
> and other projects have my attention at the moment. Also unfortunately,
> that is NOT a cheap kit.
>
> Mike
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 7:44 PM Charles Schultz <sacrophyte at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Good evening,
>>
>> I am fishing around for programmable robotic kits. No soldering,
>> arduino/RPi would be nice, interface with an iphone/ipod would be a huge
>> plus. Hoping to hear back from those that actually have played with
>> something you suggest. *grin* Target audience is an early teen learning how
>> to program and a parent who wants to have lots of fun.
>>
>> --
>> Charles Schultz
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