Combat robotics has long been a "rich person's hobby." With $163 for a FingerTech Viper kit, $100 for a transmitter, and $50 for batteries and a charger, it was a world that cost at least $300, ...

There’s something uniquely satisfying about a pen plotter. Though less speedy or precise than a modern printer, watching a pen glide across the page, mimicking human drawing, is mesmerizing. This ...

When you think about highly-precise actuators, stepper motors probably aren’t the first device that comes to mind. However, as [Diffraction Limited]’s sub-micron capable micro-manipulator shows, they ...

Stepper motors use a cogged wheel and electromagnets to rotate the wheel one ‘step’ at a time. Each HIGH pulse sent to the A4988 stepper driver energises the coil, attracting the teeth closest to the ...

Hi! I’m Andrei from Romania, and this is my sixth WRO season. This is my second season in Future Engineers, as before I competed in the Robomission category. I am passionate about robotics, especially ...

* stream of errors from the sensor. * Set this value to 0 to fail on the first error to occur.