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Brian Corteil, one of the competitors in this year’s Pi Wars competition, has done a great round-up of the remote control options available to you when you build a robot. He goes through each option and gives pros and cons for each, as well as providing links\u00a0for most of them which should help you get\u00a0going. Read it here<\/a>. This acts as a great companion piece to my guide to getting started over on the Pi Wars site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brian Corteil, one of the competitors in this year’s Pi Wars competition, has done a great round-up of the remote control options available to you when you build a robot. He goes through each option and gives pros and cons…<\/p>\n

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