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Robot arm
AI acting in the physical world
Comes after #29 Neural network
Build the real thing
Servo robot-arm kit
Build a servo robot-arm kit and program it to pick things up. Add a camera board such as the Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense and it can start to see what it's reaching for.
- Cost
- $$ · $25–$100
- Time
- A few sessions
- Screens
- Needs a computer
For the grown-up
Servos pinch: keep fingers clear of the joints and gripper while it moves. If the kit runs on lithium cells, a grown-up charges them with the charger made for them.
Build it in bricks
Step-by-step brick booklets land one model at a time, starting with the Starter Five.
The AI ideas it connects to
Keep going: make it move
12 ESP32 Super Starter builds that live the Sense→Think→Act→Power loop from the cards — adaptations called out, same print format as the ESP32 Project Book.
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