{"id":11641,"date":"2014-12-18T11:32:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T11:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11641"},"modified":"2014-12-18T11:32:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T11:32:20","slug":"competitions-galore-for-raspberry-pi-robotics-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11641","title":{"rendered":"Competitions galore for Raspberry Pi robotics kits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/147-232x300.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11642\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/147-232x300.jpg?resize=232%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"147-232x300\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">This month&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxuser.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linux User and Developer Magazine<\/a> (issue 147) is a robotics special and, very flatteringly, they&#8217;ve based it all on the challenges from <a href=\"http:\/\/piwars.org\" target=\"_blank\">Pi Wars<\/a>! It&#8217;s an excellent series of articles from the magazine that has proved itself to be &#8216;Best for Raspberry Pi&#8217;. In this issue, they cover all sorts of robots that are ideal for challenges such as an obstacle course, line follower, sumo battle, proximity alert and robot golf, including giving you the code to help you complete your project.<\/div>\n<p>As part of the issue, they&#8217;re running online competitions to win the featured kits. You\u00a0<em>will<\/em> need a copy of the magazine in front of you to enter as all the questions are based on the featured articles. Get hold of a copy and enter all the competitions below for your chance to win:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxuser.co.uk\/news\/win-rover5\" target=\"_blank\">Rover 5<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxuser.co.uk\/news\/win-hexy\" target=\"_blank\">Hexy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxuser.co.uk\/news\/win-pi2go\" target=\"_blank\">Pi2Go Lite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxuser.co.uk\/news\/win-makeblock\" target=\"_blank\">Makeblock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxuser.co.uk\/news\/win-frindo\" target=\"_blank\">Frindo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxuser.co.uk\/news\/win-gopigo\" target=\"_blank\">GoPiGo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s Linux User and Developer Magazine (issue 147) is a robotics special and, very flatteringly, they&#8217;ve based it all on the challenges from Pi Wars! 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