Essential to any robot learning kit is a line follower.  This week, we are introducing a line follower sensor for the Raspberry Pi, the GoPiGo Line Follower.  A line follower is an easy way to direct your robot around the floor of a classroom, your kitchen, or your office.  Just lay down some tape and start the line following program!...

We are really proud of our Python Programming language examples for the GoPiGo.  These are all up on Github.  If you’re familiar with Python, these will be easy to start with and follow. A New Guided Tutorial Pythonprogramming.net has recently done an extensive set of tutorials on how to program the GoPiGo in Python.  The author walks you through setting...

We’re really proud to announce the launch of GoBox, a subscription robot kit that delivers a new Mission and a sensor to your door every month. The GoBox is a fun and easy way to learn programming through a build-your-own robot kit with monthly robotics missions to keep you engaged month after month. We’re making it even easier to...

Raspberry Pi and Windows 10, we have fantastic news:  the GrovePi now works with Windows 10 IOT. Thanks to two courageous contributors, Jonathan and Steve and Paul, the GrovePi hardware has been brought to Windows 10.  They did the heavy lifting to get the GrovePi working with the new operating system. If you’re interested in starting a project, or just peeking...

Windows 10 support for the Raspberry Pi.  Almost immediately, our forums were on fire with the question, “Will the GoPiGo work with Windows 10?”. We can now emphatically say “Yes”!  However, it was a lot of work getting there. First, let’s take a step back and acknowledge that Windows 10 isn’t open source, and that’s not entirely in-line with...