Spirit Rover - Learn Raspberry Pi and Arduino the fun way!

A project in Portland, OR by Plum Geek
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Design your own rover missions! Learn Python, C/C++, and Linux with along the way with this open and endlessly hackable robot.
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Backers: 599
Average Pledge Per Backer: $286

Funded: $171,403 of $30,000
Dates: Sep 28th -> Oct 17th (19 days)
Project By: Plum Geek
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Latest News

Sound!! (Win??)

October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone!! So continuing our discussion about adding a voice to Spirit, it looks like we may be on to something new! (You can see more of the back-story to this discussion in our last two updates here and here). So thanks to several different... (Read More)

Project of the Day!!

October 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! I've got another quick update for you. Almost to $136k!!Reaching $136,000 would be especially awesome because this is what backers raised for our Wink robot, which is to date the most successful project we have run. If things continue... (Read More)

$120k and Sound!!

October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone! I've got another quick update to start off your Monday morning. $120k / 400% Funded!!This is another major milestone. You all have been great and this is really getting exciting. I'm a fan of running shorter campaigns because I think... (Read More)

$100,000 !!!

October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
$100,000 !!! via giphy.com   Hello everyone! What a day!! (What a WEEK actually!) So yesterday was AWESOME. There was a flurry of social media coverage of the project and we got a huge boost in progress. In just over a week hitting an incredible... (Read More)

Building a Speaker!

October 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone!! After taking a few days to visit family out of town, I'm back in the shop this morning and looking forward to a great week! I was happy to find the audio amplifier board and speaker in the mail box this morning. I've got a few... (Read More)

Funded in less than 24 Hours!!

September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone!! Every time we do one of these Kickstarter campaigns I'm amazed. You guys are awesome! The run up to the launch was really busy as you'd expect. The video on this one had a lot more details to film and edit. There's nothing like a... (Read More)

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