DIY Raspberry Pi: RAPIRO humanoid robot
Project: RAPIRO humanoid robot
By: Shota Ishiwatari, 29
Key Ingredients
1 x Pi, 1 x Pi camera
12 x servo motors
1 x distance sendor
2 x speakers
1 x plastic robot chassis
Learn more about the Rapiro at www.rapiro.com/about-rapiro/
It was only a matter of time until someone used the Pi to make a programmable robot, and this cute but highly functional design from Japanese entrepreneur Ishiwatari looks the best so far.
Creating a 3D-printed chassis, he's slotted the Pi into the head section, used servos (devices that correct the performance of a mechanism) to control the hands and feet, and a motion sensor to allow the Rapiro to carry out tasks such as guarding your home and even doing a little light house work with its mini-duster.
But don't fire your cleaner just yet: at only 10 inches it can't reach very high.
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