{"id":14750,"date":"2016-05-14T10:44:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T09:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14750"},"modified":"2016-05-14T10:45:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T09:45:42","slug":"build-a-rugged-off-road-raspberry-pi-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14750","title":{"rendered":"Build a rugged off-road Raspberry Pi robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cover_1.28.23_pm.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14751\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cover_1.28.23_pm.jpg?resize=560%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover_1.28.23_pm\" width=\"560\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cover_1.28.23_pm.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cover_1.28.23_pm.jpg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cover_1.28.23_pm.jpg?resize=768%2C360&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cover_1.28.23_pm.jpg?resize=560%2C263&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cover_1.28.23_pm.jpg?resize=260%2C122&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cover_1.28.23_pm.jpg?resize=160%2C75&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Martin has used a Mantis robot kit (which is the main chassis, motors and wheels) and added a RoboClaw motor controller board, together with a Raspberry Pi control board to create a fantastic off-road robot. He has written it all up as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linux.com\/news\/4-tutorials-building-rugged-raspberry-pi-robot\" target=\"_blank\">a set of tutorials on Linux.com and you can read these here<\/a>. You can see a short video of it in action on a BMX track below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mantis vs BMX Track\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aN2TVLN0d1M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Martin has used a Mantis robot kit (which is the main chassis, motors and wheels) and added a RoboClaw motor controller board, together with a Raspberry Pi control board to create a fantastic off-road robot. 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