{"id":12957,"date":"2015-07-14T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12957"},"modified":"2015-07-14T06:49:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T05:49:14","slug":"pi-wars-publishes-a-guide-to-getting-started-with-raspberry-pi-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12957","title":{"rendered":"Pi Wars publishes a guide to getting started with Raspberry Pi robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/piwars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pi2golite.jpg?resize=451%2C307\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"307\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just finished updating a <a href=\"http:\/\/piwars.org\/getting-started-with-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\">page on the Pi Wars website<\/a> that should provide enough information for anyone to <a href=\"http:\/\/piwars.org\/getting-started-with-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\">get started with Raspberry Pi robotics<\/a> (and maybe even <a href=\"http:\/\/piwars.org\" target=\"_blank\">enter the competition<\/a>!) It includes a list of things you need to build a robot, recommendations of kits to buy, a list of &#8216;skills videos&#8217; from The Raspberry Pi Guy and details of an open source robot from Ipswich Makerspace. If anyone has any suggestions for adding to the page, <a href=\"http:\/\/piwars.org\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">please contact\u00a0us and we&#8217;ll add it<\/a>. We sincerely hope that this page will encourage more people to <a href=\"http:\/\/piwars.org\/2015-competition\/entry-form\/\" target=\"_blank\">apply to enter Pi Wars<\/a>\u00a0and to get involved in robotics in general.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/piwars.org\/getting-started-with-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just finished updating a page on the Pi Wars website that should provide enough information for anyone to get started with Raspberry Pi robotics (and maybe even enter the competition!) 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