An Entry to the Pi Wars Competition 2024
The goal of this was to securely mount the electrical chocolate bloc provided by the competition organisers to the robot. The challenge was to do
We need to mount the line follower on the base on the robot in the centre. After some quick research I found that, for it
Today we got the robot working again after a long nap in a dusty box in the corner of the loft. In overview, we: First
(A summarised and up to data version of the challenge status for 2024 and how we plan to complete all the challenges is also available
Was it a silly idea at the last minute to add an Pi Cam to capture FPV videos of each of the challenges? Short answer
There is less than a week until The Pi Wars Hand In has to be complete! On the weekend, we realised that we had not
With time short and the unheard of concept of KISS [Keep It Simple Stupid]. Seriously what’s the point of being an engineer if you cant
As a completely frivolous addition to the robot we wanted it to “talk”. By talk we mean issue Lemming sound effects! Previous jobs involved adding
Its a Lemming, so needed a head to go along with the arm. The game from the early 90’s on the Amiga and the associated
One of the challenges that up until this point we weren’t able to complete is Hungry Cattle. Its time to put that right! I started
In order to have the robot issue rousing Lemming quotes while we perform the challenges we needed an amp and speaker for the Pi. We
Last Weekend, we made an amplifier, so we can add lemming sound effects. You might be thinking that adding Lemming Sound Effects IS NOT the
With the wooden part of the arena built (minus the walls), it still doesn’t look like a proper arena. Each of the squares in the
Yesterday, as the weather was nice, (not the predicted rain – yay!), I spray-painted the 3 sheep that are already printed, and the 3 Troughs
For me and Toby, it is the Easter holidays. This means that we can spend more time on the robot. So, after a long discussion
