What are Robotics Challenges for Python and GoPiGo? They are five new robotics challenges for intermediate GoPiGo students. These challenges use interactive Python with the GoPiGo and contain over 20 hours of content exploring Jupyter Notebooks, data science, and the science behind robotics. The inaugural collection is comprised of five unique challenges, each including three core sections: LEARN –...

We’re happy to announce the first DexterOS update since merging with Modular Robotics. We’re excited because we feel it’s a good one! We’ve addressed a few issues, and expanded some functionalities within Bloxter. Please note that most new features are specific to GoPiGo3. You can download the update file or the full image to get this new version. Direct...

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’ve launched the GoPiGo3 and our new operating system DexterOS, and now it’s being used by schools all over the world! Our goal was to make a robot that was easy to build, set up, and use in a classroom setting. So far, we’re pleased at the response from educators and students, and look forward to hearing from more...

We’re excited to announce the updated version of DexterOS — 1.1.0, which enables your GoPiGo to interact with the world in a host of new ways! Sensors, sensor, sensors!      We’ve added support in Bloxter for more sensors as well as blocks to control up to  2 servos that you can use to rotate those sensors. The following...