Reposted by SowbotPatrick Meier @patrickmeier.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026Excited to join the launch of the Climate Robotics Working Group, organized by MassRobotics! Kicking off with a fruitful panel discussion on challenges and opportunities, featuring the speakers below. I launched the Climate Robotics Network in 2023, and it's energizing to see this space grow! 🙌 052
Reposted by SowbotRosmo @rosmo.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026Orion - ROS2 Quadruped Robotics Platform www.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/… Orion - a ROS2-based quadruped robotics system I designed, built, and programmed from scratch over the course of 8 months. After countless nights of debugging […]mas.toOriginal post on mas.to 011
Reposted by Sowbot✨[redacted]✨ @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times 17108623745
Reposted by SowbotRue Mohr @ruenahcmohr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026JUST UNDER THE WIRE! 52 robots in 52 weeks. I got this one working at 8:58 (9pm deadline), which meant no time for paint or cool details. I did a lot of thinking about this one, I really wanted to do an origami finger or hand, but didn't have time. 3122
Reposted by SowbotSequoia Alexander 🌲✨ 林灵 (she/her) 🏳️⚧️✨🦄 @sequoia.farm · 12/06/2026Sometimes in robotics you will come across people who think software is some special tier of engineering apart from mechanical and electrical engineering. Of course a robot is all three and no one is more important than another. 4111
Reposted by SowbotRue Mohr @ruenahcmohr.bsky.social · 16/06/2026What is it? are you going to take a look back in my timeline to see? 50-some-odd robots in 52 weeks (2026 challenge) kick it like its 1986! 2111
Reposted by SowbotWriterOfMinds (she) @writerofminds.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Updates on the quadruped robot: I am about ready for final assembly and a proper test of the new motors, though that will have to wait until <gestures vaguely>. #robot #robotics #3dPrintingwriterofminds.blogspot.comACE the Quadruped 2026Adventures in robotics and AI on a shoestring budget. SFF Fiction and occasional video game appreciation. 2102
Reposted by SowbotChris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Low cost Makiina arms, built in Finland, doing actuator ring stack assembly (I think). More robots building robots. 1x speed and autonomous From Fayez Salka on X 2576
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Latest dev platform for #ros2 RTK debuging and testing. Not fancy, but it was time to throw something together and get in the field 021
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 06/04/2026The pcb chassis/ mount plate seems good! Next wire up motors and try for actual movement 071
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Pico platform dev kit for the sowbot.co.uk project. Still some slightly annoying software bits to do before it works 171
Reposted by SowbotOdd_Jayy @oddjayy.bsky.social · 24/03/2026N3RD first day out did well. #maker #robot #fyp 1443
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Rearranged the sowbot.co.uk 'brain' to get it to fit inside a waterproof enclosure #robotics #ros2 #modular 050
Reposted by SowbotHiPE Research Group @ TXST @hipelab.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Nathan Charles and Utsav Adhikari will present their work on “ROS2 GPS-based Autonomous Vehicle Navigation in the Agriculture and Livestock Space” at the 2026 TXST STEM Conference: From Lab to Landscape: genstem.cose.txst.edu/txst-stem-co... #ros2 #AUV #GPS #engineering #research #txst 142
Reposted by SowbotRobot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Alan Winfield (@alan-winfield.bsky.social) is Professor of Robot Ethics at @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social. He co-founded the Bristol Robotics Lab, where his research is focussed on the science, engineering and ethics of cognitive robotics. Listen to our chat here: www.robottalk.org/2026/03/13/e... 1123
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 09/03/2026This might be interesting for open hardware enjoyers www.arduino.cc/product-vent... (assuming it actually is open hardware once released)arduino.ccArduino VENTUNO Q - Where AI Takes ActionThe powerhouse for AI and robotics applications 110
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Updated the 'brain' and 'pico' robot BOM on sowbot.co.uk might try and get the Pico actually running tomorowsowbot.co.ukHomeOur mission is to bridge the gap between sustainability and scale by providing researchers and farmers with reproducible, lightweight robotics that reduce labour and environmental impact without propr... 060
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Updated this list of open hardware #robot electronics a bit github.com/samuk/list_o...github.comGitHub - samuk/list_of_robot_electronics: A curated list of awesome open source electronic resources for roboticsA curated list of awesome open source electronic resources for robotics - samuk/list_of_robot_electronics 011
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Messing about with robots continues, this one doesn't work yet, pending github.com/Agroecology-... #ros2 #agbot #sowbot #robotics 0120
Reposted by SowbotHacker News 100 @hn100.atproto.rocks · 24/02/2026Show HN: Sowbot – Open-hardware agricultural robot (ROS2, RTK GPS) sowbot.co.uk news.ycombinator.com/item?id=471238…sowbot.co.ukHomeOur mission is to bridge the gap between sustainability and scale by providing researchers and farmers with reproducible, lightweight robotics that reduce labour and environmental impact without proprietary dependencies. The Sowbot Open AgBot ecosystem is designed to bridge the “prototype gap” in 022
Reposted by SowbotEvil Jim O’Donnell @eatyourgreens.org.uk · 10/02/2026State of the Browser is sold out in-person, but £20 will buy you a whole day of online talks by industry experts. 2026.stateofthebrowser.com2026.stateofthebrowser.comSotB14 | State of the BrowserWelcome to the fourteenth edition of State of the Browser, a yearly one-day, single-track conference with widely-varying talks about the modern web, accessibility, web standards, and more, organised b... 187
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Current thinking about a 2026 ROS bringup github.com/Agroecology-... Then gradual migration to github.com/openrr/openrr + github.com/openrr/openrr as they (and hopefully I) mature. Project is sowbot.co.uk Worth it, or just start as you mean to go on? #ros2 #rust #robotics cc @sequoia.farm 273
Reposted by Sowbotclever coyote @canis.latrans.pet · 30/01/2026you design 2-layer PCBs because you're good at making efficient layouts. I design 2-layer PCBs because I'm a cheapass. We are not the same 031
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Been working on the robot brain.. Some docs for it here sowbot.co.uk plan is to build an #Opensource Agbot #Robots #ROS2 #OpenHardware 1103
Reposted by SowbotRobot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 29/01/2026✨ New bonus episode! ✨ I asked roboticists what is well known in their field of robotics, but outsiders find surprising. Their answers touch on technical challenges, societal impact, and even students' expectations. 🎧 Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-... #Robots #Roboticspatreon.comBonus Episode 6.04: Surprising truths | Claire AsherGet more from Claire Asher on Patreon 162
Reposted by SowbotRue Mohr @ruenahcmohr.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Tomorrow my plan is to - fork a version of the controller software for the 8 channel servo board. - put an 8 channel servo board on the robot. - work out the extents for the servos - modify the servo board with walk sequencing software. - finish the robot. 3123
Reposted by SowbotMicroBlocks @microblocks.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Hi, @octostudioapp.bsky.social and @cocubefun.bsky.social. We love this photo with the MicroBlocks logo in the back. 042
Reposted by SowbotRue Mohr @ruenahcmohr.bsky.social · 24/01/2026playback from realtime trainer recording! I can also do waypoints that are linearally interpolated. (realtime is just a fast stream of the same interpolation) 1133
Reposted by SowbotMicroBlocks @microblocks.bsky.social · 20/01/2026New Stable Release! Try it out at microblocks.fun/run/microblo... or install from microblocks.fun/downloads/la... 083
Reposted by SowbotEugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 20/01/2026This is also what made Obsidian click for me. I was *so* tired of learning to write in one tool and then having to move to another. Well, now it's just something living atop the markdown files that *I* own. 3331
Reposted by SowbotRue Mohr @ruenahcmohr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025The sin/cos differential capacitive fluid inclinometer you never knew you needed? <-- 15mm --> (balancing robot challenges) 1162
Reposted by SowbotGuillaume Loquin @guybrushtreepwood.bsky.social · 23/12/2025First steps! #robotics 031
Reposted by SowbotGuillaume Loquin @guybrushtreepwood.bsky.social · 19/12/2025This is Plume, my new homemade biped robot. #robot 261
Reposted by SowbotRue Mohr @ruenahcmohr.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Given a robots oscillation is 10Hz, and its been given a fresh set of batteries. calculate the excess amount of coffee the robot has been given. 7295
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 21/12/2025github.com/hpssjellis/m...github.comGitHub - hpssjellis/maker100-curriculum: maker100-robotics-iot-machine-learning-curriculummaker100-robotics-iot-machine-learning-curriculum. Contribute to hpssjellis/maker100-curriculum development by creating an account on GitHub. 000
Reposted by SowbotTill Beemelmanns @tillbeemelmanns.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Depth Anything V3 now runs in real-time with our karl.'s camera data predicting metric depth from monocular images. With TensorRT optimization, we’ve wrapped it into a ROS2 inference node that’s ready to drop into your stack. Github: github.com/ika-rwth-aac... #Robotics #ROS2 #TensorRT 031
Reposted by SowbotSequoia Alexander 🌲✨ 林灵 (she/her) 🏳️⚧️✨🦄 @sequoia.farm · 17/12/2025Robots don’t work. If it worked they would call it a machine. You can tell it’s a robot because it’s not doing what it’s supposed to do. 2142
Sowbot @rosmo.bsky.social · 15/12/2025100% open hardware Robot brain starting to come together. Octa core Avaota A1 SBC, @sparkfun.bsky.social RTK, talking to @mister.industries Esp32. Next do the breakout for @adafruit.com Canpal and it's ready for @sequoia.farm motor drivers. Electronics power & via custom step down & isolation board. 171
Reposted by SowbotMR. INDUSTRIES @handle.invalid · 31/03/2025Oh boy.. finally found our #Bluesky password. Here's what you've missed: - We sold through our first batch of boards! - Ordered 100 more with revisions based on user feedback - Published our first YouTube video - Got registered with #OSHWA - Revamped all of our documentation ..And a lot more! 011
Reposted by SowbotJohnsonFarms.us @johnsonfarms.us · 08/12/2025Made a pen plotter for under $20 and some 3d printed parts. It serves up a whole web server, just connect, draw, and plot. No drivers or installs for the user, just open a browser. Full writeup here hackaday.io/project/2045... #cnc #3dprinting #esp32 #penplotter #stem 2184
Reposted by SowbotJamHamster @jamhamster.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Power washed the tanks in preparation for the move. Which is a completely normal thing to do. 😂 3153
Reposted by SowbotNacho Mellado @uavster.bsky.social · 02/12/2025A few fixes later, here’s the robot’s new PCB alternating power between batteries and the Jetson Orin Nano’s 19V adapter. In both configurations, different voltages are regulated for the MCU, the sensors and logic, and the motors, with a total max power of around 60W. 171
Reposted by SowbotSequoia Alexander 🌲✨ 林灵 (she/her) 🏳️⚧️✨🦄 @sequoia.farm · 23/11/2025Looking over my motor controller to see what components are limiting my max DC motor voltage right now and I check the datasheet for the EG3113 gate driver and it's +600 volts. Like lmao okay not that one then 071
Reposted by SowbotGedalia @gedalia.bsky.social · 26/11/2025When I read “oh! the places you’ll go” I didn’t ever imagine that would include an underground robot boxing match, where a pair of people attempt to play rock em sock em robots with 4 foot tall unitree bipeds. Remember the first rule of robot fight club is that we turn off logging. 2102
Reposted by SowbotRobot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 28/11/2025📢 New Episode Alert! This week, I chatted to Dr. Chapa Sirithunge from the University of Cambridge about what robots can teach us about human anatomy, and vice versa. 🤖 Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/11/28/e... #Robots #Robotics #BioInspired 041