Black Shark Wins ISIMM CYBERBOT V4

Black Shark took first place in the 85kg class at ISIMM CYBERBOT V4, a combat robotics competition hosted by CPU-ISIMM in Monastir, Tunisia. The BasicMicro-sponsored team runs RoboClaw motor controllers in their battle bots.

JPL’s Open Source Mars Rover

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the team behind the Curiosity rover, released plans for a scaled-down version of the famous Mars rover that anyone can build. This project note looks at the original RoboClaw-based build and where the open source rover project stands today.