Last week I blogged that there wasn’t enough room in the robot hull for the control board. Well, I finally made it fit. I reduced the circuit a bit (I decided some of it was redundant), I used some smaller components (mainly the DC-DC converter, but also some capacitors), and I realised I could extendContinue reading “PCB Sent to China”
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Lets get this party started…
We’ve been accepted into PiWars 2024! So, I think it’s time for an update. Since our last post, Firefly has jumped from the Fusion 360 CAD world into the real world. (In other words, it’s been 3D printed and sprayed). It has been fitted with a radio control system and two motors and it canContinue reading “Lets get this party started…”
Chugga-Boom
It turns out that the Anthill Mob had two cars. In fact, we modelled Chugga-Boom. Our car is more-or-less finished, so here is a picture before we take it to Cambridge (and it potentially gets damaged) at the weekend. The bodywork is a bit too heavy for the chassis really; hopefully the car will stillContinue reading “Chugga-Boom”
Hacky Racers Theme
One of the first rules of Hacky Racers reads: “It’s expected that all entries will have a theme and some decoration, to help win the crowd vote.” We decided to go with one of the original Whacky Races teams: The Ant Hill Mob. Their car was called the “Bullet Proof Bomb” and looked like this….Continue reading “Hacky Racers Theme”
PiDrogen Firefly
Really I should be working on our Hacky Racers robot. But I have been distracted by PiWars 2024 this weekend, so I decided to update our design for the competition. Take a look here if you would like to see more details about PiDrogen Firefly.
Hacky Racer progress
The car hardware is now largely complete, so I thought I’d share a couple of images. The construction has 3 decks. Following a conversation with DonK, I plan to make it possible to adjust the height of the camera above the track. It is currently set to 120mm, but Don has suggested that 300mm isContinue reading “Hacky Racer progress”
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Hacky Racers
Hacky Racers is only two months away. Its time to get to work… This is the chassis we plan to use. We’ve had it for years, and it’s a bit worn out / damaged / bent, but I think / hope it will be fine for the competition. It has some nice features: it’s fourContinue reading “Hacky Racers”
And now for something completely different…
Sound on! And so concludes our blog for PiWars2022. Good luck everyone!
Shepherds Pi Update
Earlier in the month I said we were dropping Shepherds Pi in favour of the other autonomous games. Things have moved on since then… To start with, we finished videos of the other two autonomous games that could be submitted. I think we will probably attempt new videos of both; we can certainly get themContinue reading “Shepherds Pi Update”
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