I was absolutely struck by a hack this week — [Adam Bäckström]’s amazing robot arm built with modified hobby servos. Basically, he’s taken apart and re-built some affordable off-the-shelf servo motors ...

Robots are cool, so check out [Atlin Anderson]’s Spiderbot (video, embedded below) which can be made with 3D printed parts, hobby servos, and ESP32-CAM module for control and a first-person view.

Having a robot-building hobby just got a lot more dangerous to fingers and wieners now that the RX-64 Smart Actuator is on the market. According to the product page, these beasts can provide “888 ...

Tower Pro’s MG90S metal gear micro servo may be the most widely used RC hobby servo today. This is a tiny and lightweight servo with high output power, and its ...

I was looking at the electronics behind the little Petoi dog robot (right), and noticed a chip I was not aware of before, NXP’s PCA9685. On a deeper delve, I noticed Adafruit also uses it for creating ...