Tag Archives: HackyRaces2023

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”

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”

The car hardware is now largely complete, so I thought I’d share a couple of images. The construction has 3 decks. The lowest has a Raspberry Pi with power supply which connects to the front facing camera. For now, this is just collecting video data. In future, I would like the vehicle to be guidedContinue reading “Hacky Racer progress”