{"id":12897,"date":"2015-07-08T10:32:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T09:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12897"},"modified":"2015-07-08T10:32:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T09:32:56","slug":"remote-twerking-robot-using-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12897","title":{"rendered":"Remote twerking robot using a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/pS3i88i8l8o?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>Dan Aldred, who created the mighty <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tecoed.co.uk\/project-new-york.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pi Glove<\/a>\u00a0has used an <a href=\"https:\/\/energenie4u.co.uk\/index.phpcatalogue\/product\/ENER314-IR\">Energenie Pi-mote IR sensor board<\/a>\u00a0to pick up the infrared signals for his (pretty darned cool) robot and then\u00a0used the Pi to re-transmit the signals according to his program or web interface. 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