Last week, the audible ruler was given a brief test by one of our students at UEL who has a sight impairment.
RixBot Update
Work has been ongoing for a new version of the RixBot throughout December, mostly looking for ways of improving the accuracy of the movement and different ways to program the robot buggy….
Robot Programming Made Simple (Update)
The robot buggy was tested at Rix Inclusive Research to see how well it worked (in principle) and although the controller (designed by Levi) communicated well with the Robot and commands were…
Robot Programming made Simple
We are developing a simple, programmable robot buggy designed to make robotics accessible to a much wider audience. The core idea is to replace traditional text-based coding with tangible, tile-like objects that…
RixTalk Update
The new version (technically the next iteration, as it is far from ‘finished’) of the talking ruler is almost ready. New parts have been printed, the stripboard has been soldered together and…
Wheelchair users Experience VR
We ran our first VR workshop specifically for wheelchair users this week, giving two of our co-researchers a taste of virtual reality. You can see one of our researchers below using the…
New RixTalk Talking Ruler
After creating the initial prototype of the talking ruler and considering some of the early feedback given to me by people who have seen the device work, the new version is now…
Hackathon25 at Rix Inclusive Research
The next Hackathon (Hackathon25) at Rix Inclusive Research will take place on June 18th 2025, and already the planning is well underway with ideas floating around with respect to how it will…
What are NFC Tags?
NFC (Near Field Communication) Tags are tiny stickers, cards, and keychains that can store and send information to a phone when tapped. They don’t need to be charged because they get power…
Speech Recognition Engine for Controlling RixBot
Finally, I managed to find some spare time today to connect up the audio system to a Raspberry Pi 4, which includes a simple speaker output and MAX9814 condenser mic input module….