DT does Lava Palava
Here’s a sneak preview of DT’s progress on this challenge. On the test run, he successfully negotiates the dog leg, but he is a bit...
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Pi Wars Dangly Too
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neil0064
Mar 311 min read
The eyes have it
How do you select the Pi Wars challenge when we have no display attached? Using the eye LEDs obviously! We’re using one eye (left in...
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neil0064
Mar 311 min read
Minesweeper Hunt Mode
Preliminary testing of the OpenCv code looking for red areas, then turning to face it. Looking promising!
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neil0064
Mar 301 min read
Panic! 3 weeks to go
With only 3 weeks to go to the competition (less than 2 weeks for the video submission), we’re in panic mode. Nothing much working yet....
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neil0064
Mar 301 min read
Dangly Too is a Disaster!
Dangly Too design was based on the disastrous weapon idea from WW2, the Panjamdrum. This was an attempt of developing a two-wheeled,...
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neil0064
Mar 52 min read
Open-heart Surgery
We needed to resolve a couple of issue with Dangly Too, namely He goes too fast, so we need to slow him down a bit to make him more...
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neil0064
Mar 31 min read
How fast is too fast?
Neil did some testing on Dangly Too at the CamJam event yesterday. It turns out that DT has an amazing turn of speed! However this did...
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neil0064
Feb 291 min read
Backup or Go Home
We just had a major catastrophe 😱 On attempting to take the SD card out of the Raspberry Pi, it was a bit tight so I used a pair of...
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neil0064
Feb 261 min read
Navigating the Escape Route
Neil has just invested in a new Arducam LIDAR ToF Camera for Dangly Too. This will mean we can measure the distance from DT to any...
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neil0064
Feb 181 min read
Pi Noon Battle Ready
For the Pi Noon battles, we need to add a mount point at the front, ahead of everything else. It must keep the attachment vertical and...
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neil0064
Feb 182 min read
Cameras and OpenCV
We've decided to put a camera on Dangly Too (hopefully two if we have time to upgrade to a Pi 5). But the camera does little than take a...
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neil0064
Feb 181 min read
A Nose for the Challenges
For the various challenges, we are allowed to add attachments that can also be up to 100mm longer than the base robot length (but same...
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neil0064
Dec 2, 20233 min read
Our Pi Wars Robot Moves!
Having spent the last couple of months getting the motors, wheels and Raspberry Pi 4 all assembled into a basic robot, it's time to test...
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neil0064
Nov 24, 20232 min read
Personality is Key
We wanted to give Dangly Too a personality, and the most important part of this is a good looking face. We thought the decision should...
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neil0064
Nov 24, 20232 min read
We Have Wheels 🛞
We've been looking for some large wheels around 250mm diameter for Dangly Too. But all the ones we've found are quite heavy and would...
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neil0064
Nov 10, 20231 min read
Should we use a Pi5?
Just received our first, brand new shiny Raspberry Pi 5 with active cooling fan 😃 But should we use it in our new Pi Wars robot Dangly...
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neil0064
Nov 4, 20231 min read
Flashy Lights Too Difficult
We wanted to add some flashy lights to Dangly Too, but assumed this was quite easy to do! How difficult can it be? Well more difficult...
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neil0064
Nov 3, 20231 min read
3D Design now Real
After a couple of tweaks, we’ve 3D-printed the design of the chassis. The first attempt went well and proved to be strong enough, so we...
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neil0064
Oct 31, 20232 min read
3D Design using OnShape
I’ve been using the on-line 3D design tool OnShape for a couple of years now and find it fantastic way to design 3d-printed components....
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neil0064
Oct 29, 20231 min read
Dangly Too has Motor Power
Have just received the two motors that will power Dangly Too. These are large 12 volt 421 rpm motors, that should give him plenty of...
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