{"id":11430,"date":"2014-11-14T15:11:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T15:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11430"},"modified":"2018-08-24T09:37:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T08:37:32","slug":"piborg-launch-new-raspberry-pi-powered-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11430","title":{"rendered":"PiBorg launch new Raspberry Pi-powered robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cambridgeshire-based PiBorg have just announced a new product.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Clipboard02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11431\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Clipboard02.jpg?resize=560%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Clipboard02\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Clipboard02.jpg?w=1277&amp;ssl=1 1277w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Clipboard02.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Clipboard02.jpg?resize=1024%2C575&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Clipboard02.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Say hello to the <strong>Diddyborg<\/strong> &#8211; Doodleborg&#8217;s younger brother. Here&#8217;s a picture of Doodleborg for comparison:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.piborg.org\/images\/DoodleBorg\/DoodleBorg_action_640.jpg?resize=560%2C309&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the specs of the Diddyborg\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.piborg.org\/diddyborg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from their site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Chassis:<\/b> Robust Laser cut 3mm Cast Acrylic Perspex\u2122 in Black or Clear<\/li>\n<li><b>Motors:<\/b> Six 1:71 (60rpm) metal gear 6V 220mA motors<\/li>\n<li><b>PicoBorg Reverse:<\/b> Powerful two axis 5Amp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piborg.org\/picoborgrev\">motor controller<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>BattBorg:<\/b> Gets the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piborg.org\/battborg\">most out of your batteries<\/a> without needing a USB supply<\/li>\n<li><b>Full Build instructions:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.piborg.org\/diddyborg\/build\"> Detailed step by step instructions<\/a> anyone can use<\/li>\n<li><b>Code library and example scripts:<\/b> Simple to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piborg.org\/diddyborg\/install\">software<\/a> such as ball following<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen Diddyborg in the flesh at a recent Jam (Potton Pi &amp; Pints) and it&#8217;s <em>really<\/em> cute. Stunningly well-made with excellent kit onboard.<\/p>\n<p>The price is quite steep at \u00a3180, but once you take into account the sheer amount of kit, the quality of the motors and the included software, I think it&#8217;s about right for what is supposed to be a premium product.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is in action:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3eUSr4ZOLs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piborg.org\/diddyborg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more about Diddyborg on the PiBorg website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cambridgeshire-based PiBorg have just announced a new product. &nbsp; Say hello to the Diddyborg &#8211; Doodleborg&#8217;s younger brother. 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Chassis: Robust Laser cut&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11430\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,45,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geeky-techiness","category-robotics","category-rpi-shopping"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PiBorg launch new Raspberry Pi-powered robot - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11430\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PiBorg launch new Raspberry Pi-powered robot - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cambridgeshire-based PiBorg have just announced a new product. &nbsp; Say hello to the Diddyborg &#8211; Doodleborg&#8217;s younger brother. 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