The following is a guest post by Dexter Industries community member CyclicalObsessive.  We appreciate all the time and effort he put into writing it! I am a recently retired software engineer (with a mechanical engineering degree). Retirement has increased the time I have to devote to my robot dreams, and my robot’s dreams! Psychologists have a term, cognitive dissonance,...

Today we announce a great jump forward for the GoPiGo3 Raspberry Pi Robot and DexterOS: a completely new and elegant way to learn Python and robotics with Jupyter Lab!   This week we launch DexterOS 2.0, and the big features are all around Python! And speaking of languages, the French language is now supported in Bloxter; you can see programming...

This month we’re welcoming the latest release of DexterOS:  Version 1.3.  This latest version of DexterOS is packed with features asked for by educators in STEM classrooms around the world! Bloxter and Python Side by Side The most anticipated and exciting feature of DexterOS 1.3 is that Bloxter now lets you see your code in the Python programming language...

We have just released an update to DexterOS, version 1.2.0! The TLDR We’ve packed even more fun into DexterOS and you can download it here, or download an update package here.  We’ve added many new functions and improvements for Bloxter and Python. Sensors The biggest difference are the updates we’ve made to the sensors you can use in Bloxter. ...

If you’re looking to build a Raspberry Pi robotic car using Python, the search for good documentation is over! It is now faster and easier than ever for programmers of all levels to get started programming your Raspberry Pi robot car using the Python programming language: GoPiGo3 Python documentation is now up on ReadTheDocs. Programmers new to Python and...

With summer in full swing, STEM robotic camps are starting up all around the world!  Students are using their summer to brush up on coding skills and learn robotics.  Many summer STEM camps are using the Raspberry Pi to teach coding skills, and many this year are using the GoPiGo.  We checked in with Club SciKidz, which is running...