{"id":12361,"date":"2015-04-10T07:46:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T06:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12361"},"modified":"2015-04-10T07:46:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T06:46:36","slug":"review-of-the-gopigo-robot-car-for-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12361","title":{"rendered":"Review of the GoPiGo robot car for the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.initialstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/GoPiGoTitle-Img.jpg?resize=560%2C262\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Gibbs over at Initial State has written an excellent review of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dexterindustries.com\/GoPiGo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dexter Industries GoPiGo robot car kit<\/a>. She takes the reader through her initial impressions of the kit, her issues when assembling it and also a summary of the positives and negatives. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.initialstate.com\/review-robot-car-for-raspberry-pi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Gibbs over at Initial State has written an excellent review of the Dexter Industries GoPiGo robot car kit. 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