By connecting the Raspberry Pi to a network of motor drivers, we can control the motors in realtime without overloading the Raspberry Pi. The original idea of the SlushEngine was to keep it simple.

Future work is going to turn these motors into haptic feedback controllers, although we’re sure there are a few Raspberry Pi robots out there that would love odometry in the motor.

Raspberry Pi + Lego = robot Raspberry Pi add-on will help you build Lego Mindstorm robots $45 BrickPi connects Pi to motors, sensors, and Lego bricks.