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

[Colten Jackson]

Ay, Thanks Stewart! I really like the the hackaday.io site, I've been on
the fence about adding my own projects to it. Now I have a good excuse :)

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Stewart Dickson <mathartspd at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi, Colten,
>
> I noticed at Hackerspaces.io that there is a Google Maps mashup of
> hackerspaces -- and we weren't on it!
> I added the Makerspace at
> https://hackaday.io/hackerspace/8930-makerspace-ubana -- We're on the map
> now.
> Do you have an account at Hackerspaces.io?   Any keymembers who do should
> certainly be added as contributers to the
> site.  I added pictures and tools from the various web sites.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Stewart
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Colten Jackson <jazzyjackson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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