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We have some important news to share about HackSpace: Issue 81 was the last issue of HackSpace as a standalone magazine, and HackSpace has become part of The MagPi, the official Raspberry Pi magazine. Starting with issue 145, We’ll be adding pages to The MagPi to make room for the stories and tutorials you’ve come to expect from HackSpace.

Tracked robot

By Ben Everard. Posted

If you like awesome stuff, you’ll love this: it’s a tracked robot, controlled from anywhere via the internet, featuring a camera, built on a Raspberry Pi and a custom PCB. It’s also 3D-printed, and designed from scratch by maker Aviv Butvinik.

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This is the second version of his Desert Eye robot; the first iteration used bicycle chains connected with 3D-printed parts as the tracks. This proved fiddly and time-consuming to assemble, so Aviv switched to using belts printed in one piece out of flexible filament. If you’re interested in high-performance 3D-printed robots, check out his videos.


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