{"id":12795,"date":"2015-06-22T08:53:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T07:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12795"},"modified":"2015-06-22T08:53:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T07:53:43","slug":"home-made-raspberry-pi-robot-gets-great-write-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12795","title":{"rendered":"Home-made Raspberry Pi robot gets great write-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.averagemanvsraspberrypi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/My-Attempt-At-Making-A-Home-made-Raspberry-Pi-Robot-777x437.jpg?resize=560%2C315\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Richard Saville has done a lovely write-up of his experience of building a Raspberry Pi robot from scratch. 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