The apple picker I blogged about a couple of days ago is nice and it works. But I’m not going to use it. MkII is better because it has no moving parts; the robot will just drive up to the tree and the top prongy-thingy will knock the apple off the tree and into theContinue reading “Apple Picker MkII”
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Apple Picker Progress
Apple picker in action…
A vital part of PJD is now working
Work on PJD is gathering pace. Another vital piece of the robot has been completed and is working. Now that’s done, work can start on the lower priority stuff. *I would like to say that no robots were hurt in the making of this component. However, a certain Hexbug from PiDrogen HQ has had betterContinue reading “A vital part of PJD is now working”
PiWars 2022 at Home; We’re In!
Hmm, possibly a bit behind the curve for this post but… We’ve been accepted into PiWars 2022 at Home! Wahoo, here we go again! :0) And here’s the robot we plan to build for the competition: For context, the theme of this year’s competition is “Old McDoofus had a farm” (Doofus is the name ofContinue reading “PiWars 2022 at Home; We’re In!”
Wow, loads of prizes!
We’re feeling really excited and lucky at PiDrogen HQ today. We just received our prizes for PiWars 2021. There’s loads of really cool stuff! Thanks so much everyone at PiWars and all those PiWars sponsors; you’re very generous! Right, where’s the soldering iron?
P21 Ready for Sidmouth Science Festival
We’ve finished the new game that we mentioned in this post. It’s a kind of desktop variant of Tidy Up the Toys. Take a look: So, hopefully, P21 is ready for the Sidmouth Science Festival. We’ll be in the Kennaway House Cellar Bar between 10:00 and 16:00 on the 16th October 2021. Come and sayContinue reading “P21 Ready for Sidmouth Science Festival”
Is this the cause of P21’s dodgy wheel?
P21 has had a dicky back wheel since it fell off the roof during filming of the Obstacle Course for PiWars at Home. The motor runs, but the speed is not well controlled, so I assume the problem is related to the encoder. After the competiton I dismantled the back axle, reseated the connectors, andContinue reading “Is this the cause of P21’s dodgy wheel?”
Sidmouth Science Festival
Each year, Sidmouth (in the southwest of England) has a science festival. This, year it takes place between the 8th and the 17th October 2021. We like to go to the festival for the rocket car contest. If you’re an avid follower of our blog, you may recall that our entries won the rocket carContinue reading “Sidmouth Science Festival”
The Results
The waiting is over; the results of Pi Wars 2021 at Home have been announced. And I’m delighted to announce that we won the Advanced Category! Here’s a link to the results, the videos we submitted for our entry and some extra videos that were made by P21’s camera as the robot performed the challenges.Continue reading “The Results”
It’s a Wrap
We don’t want to gloat or anything, but we just uploaded the last video to YouTube. Time for a GnT in the sunshine! (Actually, totally gloating. 🙂)
Team PiDrogen 