Engineering-first robotics, AI, maker hardware, STEM, and creator technology reporting
Robotics and AI covers physical AI, industrial automation, robots, machine vision, edge AI hardware, simulation, safety, and deployment workflows, emphasizing what technical teams should evaluate before adoption.
Calculate the DRV8871 ILIM resistor from the datasheet range, understand its 25 µs chop cycle, and separate current regulation from thermal and overcurrent faults.
Set DRV8871 Current Limit Without Confusing Peak and Continuous Current Read More
A spec-based engineering review preview of Seeed Studio’s reCamera Pro edge-AI camera, including the tests that would prove its imaging, inference, I/O, thermal, and recovery claims.
Seeed Studio reCamera Pro Review Preview: The Integration Is the Test Read More
An H-bridge can leave a motor electrically open or short its terminals during a stop. That choice changes current decay, braking torque and how repeatable a robot’s stop feels.
DC Motor Brake and Coast Modes Change How a Robot Stops Read More
ESP-IDF uses different watchdogs for blocked interrupts, tasks that fail to yield and startup supervision. Read the panic reason first, then shorten the responsible path before extending a timeout.
ESP32 Watchdog Reset: Separate Task Starvation From Blocked Interrupts Read More
A motor’s no-load current is not a safe basis for selecting a driver or supply. Use stall current, simultaneous starts, wiring resistance and thermal limits to estimate the real peak demand.
DC Motor Stall Current: How to Size the Driver and Power Supply Read More
The I2C address plan supports 64 solenoid outputs, but coil current, MOSFET loss, wiring and release timing still set the practical limit.
Adafruit’s 8-Channel Solenoid Driver: Budget Power Before 64 Outputs Read More
OpenMV N6 combines STM32N6 acceleration, global-shutter imaging, MicroPython, and broad I/O in a compact robotics camera, with important firmware and integration limits.
OpenMV N6 Analysis: Fast Edge AI in a MicroPython Camera Read More
Agility Robotics says it is exploring wheeled form factors for different operating environments, but it has not announced a wheeled product or launch date.
Agility Is Exploring Wheeled Robots Beyond Digit 5 Read More
A hobby servo can pull several hundred milliamps while moving and more than 1 A under load, collapsing a shared 5 V rail even when the PWM timing is correct.
Servo Movement Resets the Controller? Debug the Power Path Before the PWM Read More
A source-based engineering analysis of Sipeed’s MaixCAM2, examining its AX630C edge-AI hardware, modular camera options, MaixPy workflow, and robotics fit.
Sipeed MaixCAM2 Analysis: A 4K Edge-AI Camera for Robotics Read More