The chips on the Arduino Uno cost around $4 USD and can be removed with a IC puller, then you can connect the Arduino’s RX/TX to the IC’s TX/RX, and then connect the reset pins as RST->RST ...

Figure 6: Bluetooth characteristics. Next, include the Arduino 101* CurieBLE library components to enable communication and interaction with other Bluetooth® devices. You can find the open-source ...

The tutorial runs a bit fast, and you’ll probably want to check out Nedelkovski’s previous tutorials if you’re not sure how to connect your phone to the Arduino board over Bluetooth.

For example, Arduino can detect when the bot bumps into something, but has to rely on the phone to decide on what to do next. As we're wrapping up, the bot turns towards me and says, "Hello, Miran ...