Merge pull request #100 from orionrobots/doug-blanding-post

Post about PicoBot.

Author: dannystaple

content/2024/10/09-picobot-build/reader-feedback-on-learn-robotics-programming.md

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+title: Robotics at Home with the DIY PicoBot
+tags: [learn robotics programming, book review, robotics at home]
+description: A reader shares their thoughts on the Robotics at Home Book
+date: 2024-10-09
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+After reading my book Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico, reader Doug Blanding used the concepts from the book and took it to the next level.
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+He'd previously built a PicoBot, a simple robot that uses a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller. After reading the book, he found inspiration to take it further.
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+His project, and how he found the book to help him is at 
+<https://dougblanding.medium.com/robotics-at-home-with-the-diy-picobot-1bf099fd8eff>. I also love the robot pictures - custom robotics is what I am about, building your own with plastic, or wood, or common household items is what I love to see. And then bringing them to life with electronics and code!
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+His project includes a github repository at <https://github.com/dblanding/PicoBot-dev> where he has all his code and designs.
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+Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico was written with this in mind, to help you get started with robotics at home, and then to inspire you to take it further. I'm glad to see that it's doing just that.