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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker

@kevsmac.bsky.social

1.2K followers 120 following 548 posts

I make robots, bring them to life with code, and have a whole load of fun along the way. I also make videos about robots on YouTube

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Drop a comment: what's your favourite element on the Periodic Table of Robotics? 🧪🤖 Just mapped 86 topics every roboticist should know. Explore it and let me know what you think is missing! kevsrobots.com/periodic-table/

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Join me in the chat at 7pm BST (just over an hour from now) as we look at what makes the @arduino Uno Q the perfect platform for running Hermes Agent for your agentic AI projects youtu.be/PK5TOwhgrV8

Why is Hermes Agent on Uno Q just better?

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The new Projects Hub is available now on www.kevsrobots.com/projects/hub Makes it really easy to document your project builds; a smart Bill of Materials table means you can select items from the parts catalog and then drag in images and schematics right into your project.

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Join me in the chat at 7pm BST as my latest video goes live - this is part 3 of the Code-to-creation series, and this time we're adding Wifi to our project using #MicroPython @arduino Cloud and a @Raspberry Pi Pico 2W. youtu.be/Wwhmy9AqCbE

Add WiFi to any project with MicroPython, Raspberry Pi Pico and Arduino Cloud

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Was great to meet all the GurgleApps IRL and GurgleMum too!

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Join me at 7pm BST for the Premiere of my new video as we meet Nibsy - my self-documenting workshop, powered by the @Arduino Uno Q. youtu.be/IigSVjMAQxI

Why I built a Self Documenting Workshop

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

i've added a new feature to kevsrobots.com - a friendly robot 🤖 helper called Nibsy. She's a bit like Microsoft Clippit (aka Clippy), but less annoying. Head-over and give her a click (just dont mess with her antenna)

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Thats awesome! Let me know how it goes!

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Join me at 7pm BST as we see if Claude Code can build a UI for our robot arm project running #MicroPython youtube.com/live/90pPahg... Can we trust AI to build this?

I Let AI Write the Code for My Robot Arm

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

In celebration of #MicroPython's 13th birthday - I wrote a few words! www.kevsrobots.com/blog/micropy...

Happy 13th Birthday MicroPython!

MicroPython turns 13 today! Let's celebrate with a round-up of the best MicroPython resources on KevsRobots and across the web — then dive into Arduino's brand new MicroPython IDE and see how it stack...

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Join me at 7pm BST as we answer the question "Why Bus Servos are better?". This was lots of fun to create, how you like it! #micropython #robotics #raspberrypi www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzBZ...

Why are bus servos better?

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Working on some bus servo stuff, with #MicroPython, needed a robot arm to put them in...

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Its the first Sunday of the month - that means its a Livestream hangout! We'll also be going through 10 affordable Raspberry Pi Pico & #MicroPython projects you can build today! Pi's might have gone up in prices, but Picos are unaffected. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuQY...

10 Affordable Pi Projects for 2026

The price of Raspberry Pi's may have rising, but Picos are unaffected - here are 10 projects you can build right now! https://www.kevsrobots.com/blog/affordable-pi-projects.html Join this channel to...

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

New video going live now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0dj...

I made it talk - Add speech to your MicroPython projects with SAM

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

New video dropping at 7pm GMT today, How to add Speech to your #Micropython (or #circuitpython) projects on #RaspberryPi Pico. youtu.be/S0djkk-CtBY I also make a plant talk and a pico sing. Not to be missed!

I made it talk - Add speech to your MicroPython projects with SAM

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

And one back at you for being such an amazing human

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

You too! I finally got round to making my own Maker chip too, I'll give you one next time I see you!

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Whoop - new video dropping in 30 minutes: youtu.be/XpKnyTx_1mQ I'll be in the chat - join me if you can! #robotics #micropython

You have to build this eyemech

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Hope you’re recovering well Les

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Happy Pi day! 3.14

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

All the best with the Op Les, hope it goes well

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Going live in 40 minutes, its a mailbag video with lots to unbox, unpack and play with. This week we've got a set of @pimoroni badgers, and more! You've still got time to get drinks, snacks and vibe-code that app you've been thinking about all weekend. youtube.com/live/L4bFDYH...

These 3 Pimoroni Badges are INCREDIBLE! + Mailbag Hangout

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Join me Live on Sunday 7pm GMT as we checkout this trio of Badgers from @pimoroni. The graphics capabilities on these are truly next level for #MicroPython devices. youtube.com/live/L4bFDYH...

These 3 Pimoroni Badges are INCREDIBLE! + Mailbag Hangout

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Happy pancake day! 🥞 What do you have on yours? I’m lemon and sugar

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Is OpenClaw safe to run on Raspberry Pi? What about the costs of running it 24/7? Lets explore this in my new video, dropping at 7pm GMT today. youtu.be/7JtSxb7wB8c #RaspberryPi #OpenClaw

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

New MacBook Pro day today. The dichotomy of migrate or start from scratch (but then install everything as it was anyway). Hopefully the new MacBook Pro M4 Pro will be a bit quicker at rendering video than my old M1 has been

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Working on a new video... It's been "an experience" so far! First generation on my Mac Mini M2, I gave it access to my family iMessage account and I had to shut it down after 24 hours! Second generation is running on a Raspberry Pi and actually doing useful stuff. Coming soon

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Going live in 25 minutes, Still time to get drinks, snacks and reticulate your splines. Lots of cool stuff to talk about! youtube.com/live/4KjpH_2...

Robotlab Hangout Live - February 2026

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Join me at 7pm GMT tonight for a hangout in the robotlab. Lots to talk about including, AI on Raspberry Pi, @Arduino Uno Q 4Gb and Nano R4, OpenClaw on Pi, LLM Accelerators from @M5Stack and @Raspberry_Pi. youtube.com/live/4KjpH_2...

Robotlab Hangout Live - February 2026

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

New video about to drop in 40 minutes, and a new series aimed at people wanting to move on from blinking LEDs on Microcontrollers using #Micropython. kevsrobots.com has also had a few UX improvements too! youtu.be/lthSloWM3Fk

Welcome to Kev's Robots

A site dedicated to hobbyist robotics interested in Raspberry Pi, MicroPython, CircuitPython, Python, MicroBit, C++, Arduino, 3D Printing and electronics.

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Excited for Bett tomorrow. Been nearly 20 years since I’ve been! I’ll be on the @arduino stand nerding out about all things Arduino UNO Q

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I’ve got both, but wanted to try the raspberry pi

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Currently setting up Frigate and Home Assistant in my Raspberry Pi homelab. The AI HAT+ (original) for inference and detection. So far, so good

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

No, it’s no on a par with Claude ai, but for n8n and analysing logs, and also adding image descriptions to my website, it will do nicely. Also have plans to use it with Frigate for local, home security.

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Raspberry Pi has just launched the new AI HAT+2, which runs LLMs locally in the HAT's dedicated 8 GB of RAM. It’s fast too - 40TOPS, in just 2w of extra power. Cheaper than a month and a half of Claude AI Max. Watch this video for more and a hands-on demo: youtu.be/lT1NJfkuiU8

Raspberry Pi AI HAT 2 - Faster AI than Apple's M4?

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

My new video is going live shortly - come and join me in the chat. Still plenty of time to grab drinks, snacks and find that thing you put down but can't find now (have you checked the last place you had it?). www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-bF... #makersgonnamake

SunFounder Fusion HAT+ - What Can't This Thing Do?

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Whoop - its time for a channel update, but should I stick, twist or fold? Still time to get drinks, snacks and start a cult you talked about in your new years resolution. youtube.com/live/iabj9Tx...

Stick, Twist or fold - 2026 Channel Update

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Join me at 7pm GMT to discuss the future of my channel - should I stick, twist or fold? youtube.com/live/iabj9Tx...

Stick, Twist or fold - 2026 Channel Update

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

2025, a year in numbers: 51 Videos published 44 Blog Posts written 13 Projects created 11 Courses launched 9 Robots built 44,675 Subscribers www.kevsrobots.com/year_in_revi... Feeling accomplished and ready for 2026!

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Thank you PCBWay @pcbwayofficial.bsky.social for the Christmas gift box! We love the bone china cups especially!

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Got a new Raspberry Pi for Christmas - want to know what to do with it? I've got you covered: www.kevsrobots.com/ideas/raspbe... #raspberrypi

Unleash the power of the Pi with these fun projects

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Join me in 20 minutes as we take a look at the @SunFounder2 Pironman 5 Max Case for the Raspberry Pi 5 and answer the question is it worth the upgrade? youtube.com/live/Ppsly_P... #raspberrypi

Sunfounder Pironman 5 Max - Worth the upgrade?

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Whoop - our 2025 Christmas Secret Santa videos have landed: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Hope you enjoy watching these!

Secret Santa 2025 - YouTube

Join me as I build a Weather Station for Jon Durrant @DrJonEA for the 2025 Secret Santa. I really enjoyed this build, and I can't believe what John Bunce @st...

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Kevin McAleer (@kevsmac.bsky.social) from kevsrobots about building and programming #robots as a hobby. Catch up here 🎧 - www.robottalk.org/2025/11/21/e... or wherever you get your podcasts! #Robotics #Making #3DPrinting #AI #Coding

Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Look who turned up on Adafruit's blog! blog.adafruit.com/2025/12/11/w...

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Hey! I'll be going live in 20 minutes over on YouTube; tonights show is all about FreeCAD! Lets build a robot chassis; this is going to be fun 🤪 You've still got time to get drinks and snacks, and vibe-code that Million dollar idea. youtube.com/live/S7EoZHd...

Learn FreeCAD - lets build a robot chassis

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Going live in 15 minutes - still time to get drinks, snacks and cancel that expensive subscription you've been putting off. Tonight we'll be time travelling back to the Christmas of 1982 and playing with a real Z80 kit by @ZxSpectROM youtube.com/live/JXCvsyO...

This RC2014 retro computer is like Christmas 1982 all over again

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

This Retro RC2014 computer is like Christmas 1982 again. Let's unwrap this together on Sunday at 7pm GMT. youtube.com/live/JXCvsyO...

This RC2014 retro computer is like Christmas 1982 all over again

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Whoop - cheeky midweek video released yesterday - Give this a watch (it's only short!), I've used my new teleprompter and storyboarding to script software I'm working on to create this. youtu.be/1i7CJ0r7RGg

UGREEN NAS DH2300 - the BEST value 2 Bay NAS?

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Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker @kevsmac.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Just finished soldering this cute little computer - the RC2014 Mini II by @ZxSpectROM such fun to put together. Time to write some code for it!