Two unpowered ball casters located opposite the wheels ... hardware and software is open-source and highly hackable. The Arduino Robot should be available by the end of this month from various ...

The Force Awakens first showed us the little spherical robot BB-8, but it’s fair to say that along the way we’ve not lost our collective fascination for rolling-ball robots. There have been ...

Honestly, if it weren’t for the ultrasonic distance sensor protruding from the spherical body, you might think that the entire robot was just a little Wiffle ball. This reminds us of another ...

On the outside, robots don't come much simpler than a ball, but that doesn't do justice ... in neatly with a whole range of DIY systems, like Arduino, IFTTT, Tickle, and the Sphero Edu app ...

This proof of concept shows just how versatile the Arduino controller is. You can create incredible projects and robotics, and building your own specialized robot ... a metal ball that moves ...

It can also be daunting to get started. Here, we’ll show you how to get a start-to-finish Arduino primer with a killer project: building a sweet robot arm. Learning any new skill is always a ...

Thanks to the wonders of microcomputing and Arduino’s excellent boards, you can now build your own dancing teapot – just like the one in the children’s classic Beauty and the Beast.

The same techniques can also be used to create inexpensive robots. To get started, simply print out a template, cut, and fold. Once you add some basic electronics, an Arduino brain will command ...