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.
Calibration is not glamorous, but it is one of the cheapest ways to make robot vision more repeatable before blaming the model, the camera or the lighting.
Robot Camera Calibration: Why Checkerboards Still Matter in 2026 Read More
A practical wiring guide for maker robots covering connectors, fusing, wire gauge, voltage drop, strain relief, and power checks before mystery resets waste a test day.
Robot Power Connectors and Voltage Drop: A Maker-Lab Wiring Guide Read More
I2C is convenient for robot sensors, but cable length, pull-ups, bus speed and grounding can turn simple modules into intermittent faults. Here is the maker-lab checklist.
I2C Sensor Wiring for Maker Robots: How to Avoid Mystery Dropouts Read More
Arducam’s PiNSIGHT combines a 12.3MP autofocus camera, OAK-SoM acceleration, USB 3.0 and hardware video encoding for Raspberry Pi 5 vision projects.
Arducam PiNSIGHT Combines a 12.3MP Camera and OAK-SoM for Raspberry Pi 5 Read More
LooperRobotics Insight 9 is a spatial AI camera project with robotics SDK claims. TVG’s backer checklist focuses on depth quality, ROS support, V-SLAM, thermals, and delivery risk.
LooperRobotics Insight 9 Project Watch: A Spatial AI Camera Backer Checklist Read More
Qualcomm’s Dragonwing IQ10 Robotics Reference Design matters less as a chip headline and more as a full-stack robotics integration baseline.
Qualcomm’s Dragonwing IQ10 RRD Turns Robot AI Into a Stack Integration Problem Read More
ICRA 2026’s strongest signal for robotics builders is not a single demo. It is the field’s shift toward repeatable benchmarks, edge compute, and test discipline.
ICRA 2026 Shows Robotics Is Becoming a Benchmark Discipline Read More
A practical CAN bus robotics guide for makers and student teams building more reliable communication between controllers, motor drivers, sensors, and embedded modules.
A Practical Guide to Using CAN Bus in Your Next Robotics Project Read More
RobOmni, launched at ICRA 2026, reframes physical AI evaluation around contact-rich manipulation, tactile sensing, and cross-embodiment robot testing.
RobOmni Puts Tactile Sensing on the Robotics Benchmark Scorecard Read More
A practical latency-budget guide for robotics builders choosing edge AI cameras, accelerators, and control-loop architectures.
Edge AI Camera Latency Budget: A Practical Guide for Robotics Builders Read More