A New SandBot

A totally new design for the SandBot which creates Sand Art by moving a ball-bearing on a bed of sand using magnetism and a SCARA robot.

SandBot Software Revamp

Built the robot, now for the software. How to draw smooth patterns in sand by describing the pattern as a mathematical expression. And with a nice new web-based UI to make it all easy.

Introducing the Stepper Hat Trio

A new board for driving up to three stepper motors, WiFi connected with a web-server UI for CNC or dedicated applications. Based on the Raspberry Pi HAT format and also allowing control from a Pi,

Marty Learns to Swing – Part 2

In this, the second part of the series, I develop an OpenAI Gym to model Marty the Robot on a swing and get it to the point where we can start testing strategies for keeping Marty swinging once he gets started.

Marty Learns To Swing – Part 1

Marty is an amazing walking robot designed by Sandy Enoch and the Robotical team. Here we’re starting the process of teaching Marty how to use a playground swing.

Show me the Money

Ringing a bell in the office to celebrate closing a significant deal is a great motivator for everyone in a company. This project brings the notion up-to-date with a connected-bell using the IoT platform Particle and automated connection to a CRM or Twitter account.

Flight Trim

A present for my daughter which turned into quite an enjoyable little project with a good outcome.

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Company Involvements

I’m an investor in several business (and mentor to some) which include: DevicePilot – Chair Service Assurance is a key activity in the Telecoms world but the Internet of Things hasn’t quite reached the same level of maturity yet and many IoT services are quite poorly maintained. DevicePilot is correcting this with their world-leading service. Pilgrim Beart (CEO) is an …