Pi Wars Dangly Too

We can first in the Escape Route challenge and 5th overall. Quite pleased, but the Eco Disaster was a bit… disastrous 😄

We’ve just added mean-looking pincers to the front of Dangly Too, to handle the Eco Disaster challenge. Hope we have time to code the...

Just realised we have so many attachments (front and back), it would be a good idea to document which are needed for each of the...

Successful test of the Eco Disaster dual barrel grabber! Two barrels captured and moved. As an Advanced entry, we simply have to automate...

At last we have our fully articulated grabber for the Eco Disaster cleanup operation. Just in time, we need it in a week’s time or there...

We thought the Raspberry Pi was a bit vulnerable, especially during the Pi Noon Hindenburg Disaster challenge, as it’s just behind where...

We proposed this architecture for Team Dangle’s software in October 2019. Well, it’s pretty close to what we ended up with for Pi Wars...

I’ve just been looking through the archives and found these pictures of Dangle from when we started the build in August 2019. We’ve come...

Well not really. Still loads to do and only a little over a week to go. Are we worried? Yes of course we’re worried. Our first round of...

This little board is a GY9250 gyroscope+accelerometer that enables Dangly Too to know which direction he is heading and any change in...

At last we have our gun connected up and able to shoot those zombies 🧟 It’s a modified Nerf gut that Alister created for Dangle for Pi...

We’re getting more and more “nose” attachments for the various challenges. Each one has different lengths and wheels depending on how we...

We used FX Hitfilm Express to create the video submission for the Technical and Artistic Impression video. Bit of a steep learning curve,...

We had a problem with the weight balance due to the unique design of two large wheels and only a nominal caster to prevent undue total...

What happens when you build a robot with two very large wheels? Well, you need a very large caster wheel to make it stable. If you’ve...

Reassembling after a few weeks can be head-scratching, but it’s been 3 years since we last connect some of the original Dangle parts. Now...

DT is now fully clothed. I researched where to get fake fur - some of it is very expensive! We eventually found what we were looking for...

We’re armed at last. Those zombies have no chance! We’ve now realised the only mount point is on the rear of Dangly Too. Just need to get...

With weights added and the size of the hump reduced, DT successfully gets over! This amended hump more accurately represents the size of...

The Lava Palava track for 2024 contains a hump. At the moment DT cannot get over the hump on our test track! What are we going to do...