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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 successfully sent to the robot buggy itself via … Continue reading
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 represent commands and actions. By arranging these tiles … Continue reading
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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 connectors added to the various parts. As there … Continue reading
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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 Meta Quest Pro to explore one of the … Continue reading
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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 on its way. This is now a self-contained … Continue reading
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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 run, how it will be enabled and the … Continue reading
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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 from the phone when they come close together. … Continue reading
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. The purpose of this setup is to allow … Continue reading
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Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Inclusive? Workshop at Rix (12/02/2025)
This is the second Generative AI workshop that we have hosted aimed at finding out more about the accessibility and usability of Generative AI software. The workshop developed ideas that were explored during our first workshop, presented as part of … Continue reading
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Talking Ruler (AKA RixTalk)
At a recent visit to the Google Accessibility Discovery Centre with colleagues from Rix Inclusive Research, amongst the many accessible items on display we saw a ruler that is available for people with sight impairments (they called it a ‘Braille … Continue reading