{"id":13521,"date":"2015-10-09T14:48:32","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13521"},"modified":"2015-10-09T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T11:57:00","slug":"raspberry-pi-controls-open-source-floating-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13521","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi controls open-source floating robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thingiverse-production-new.s3.amazonaws.com\/renders\/50\/88\/0b\/7d\/58\/jalcboatoat-slider-03_preview_featured.jpg?resize=560%2C421\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting open-source robot. It&#8217;s made up of 3D-printed parts and a tyre tube and uses a Raspberry Pi to control brushless motors beneath the water which propel it along. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:470370\" target=\"_blank\">Take a look at the 3D printable parts here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jalcboat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">the team&#8217;s (Spanish) discussion forum<\/a>, and watch the robot in action in the video below:<\/p>\n<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\/tXFAP0Jjf-8?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting open-source robot. 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Take a look at the 3D printable parts here,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13521\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-robotics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Raspberry Pi controls open-source floating robot - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13521\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Raspberry Pi controls open-source floating robot - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#8217;s an interesting open-source robot. 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