The Pi Wars team is delighted to announce that tickets for our 2021 Online Conference are now available. They are free but everyone viewing the Conference must have one. That’s one per device watching. You will need to register for the Hopin.to…
Kristian Tysse loves the show Stargate SG:1 (he has good taste!). On that show, teams of “off-world” explorers use a device called the Stargate to travel to other planets, some of which are similar to our own, some of which…
Fresh from the post comes a great controller for the micro:bit from 4tronix – the Bit:Commander. It’s baking hot up in the office, so I’m just going to do a quick review and my thoughts on it. The micro:bit plugs…
This is lovely and also a great micro:bit resource. The folks over at Kitronik have written a detailed explanation of how to build this great London Eye and turbine station model over on their blog. It uses their All-in-One Robotics…
Getting started with robotics is always tricky. For Raspberry Pi robotics, I always point people at the Pi Wars Hints and Tips guide. For micro:bit, however, you might find this guide a great place to start to build the robot…
A group of students at the Stanford University Student Robotics group have developed a lightweight, open source quadruped robot design. They’ve called it the Pupper and it runs from a Raspberry Pi 4. The cost for the Pupper is between $600…
Hi everyone. I’ve just given a talk on getting into robotics at the Preston Raspberry Jam and I promised I would publish the notes and slides. They’re both PDFs and should, if I’ve done it right (!), include plenty of…
For those of you who don’t already know, we have decided to postpone Pi Wars 2020 for the time being due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The full statement can be read here.
A group of researches at Northwestern University in Illinois, USA have used 100 Raspberry Pis on a small robot chassis to develop swarm behaviour. Without centralised control, these robots form shapes by communicating with each other. The robots don’t “care”…
Neil Lambeth, of Red Robotics has recently released his first motor controller board for the Raspberry Pi. “Oh, not another one!” I hear you cry… Well, hold up there – this is one to pay attention to and it’s not…
