Audience: Everyone Categories: General Robotsarehot!Doyoueverfindyourselfwishingyoucouldbuildarobotorasensingdevice,butdon'tknowwheretostart?ThistalkwillshowyouhowtogetstartedwithArduinos,Linuxplugcomputersandsimilaroptions.Howdoyouprogramthesedevices,andgetthemtotalktosensorsormotors?CanyouusePythonorotherscriptinglanguages?WhatpackageswillyouneedtoinstallonyourLinuxbox?Howmuchdothesegizmoscost?I'llhaveafewdemostoshow,aswellasadviceonplacestobuyfunhardware.Youdon'tneedtoknowmuchaboutelectronicsorcomputerhardware,oraboutprogramming.ComelearnhowtohavefuncontrollinghardwarefromLinux!PresenterNote:There'salsoanotes/cheatsheetandanothercopyoftheslidesathttp://shallowsky.com/arduino/