{"id":16353,"date":"2017-02-06T16:35:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T15:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16353"},"modified":"2017-02-06T16:37:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T15:37:23","slug":"formula-pi-laser-timing-rig-using-a-raspberry-pi-find-out-how-it-was-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16353","title":{"rendered":"Formula Pi laser timing rig using a Raspberry Pi – find out how it was done"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recently, robotics designer, manufacturer and retailer Pi Borg<\/a> ran the first Formula Pi competition<\/a>. For the competition, the used a laser timing rig to record the exact lap times of each robot. They also used a similar method at Pi Wars<\/a> for the Straight Line Speed Test<\/a>. They’ve now blogged about both the hardware<\/a> and software<\/a> parts of the rig. You can read all about the rig over on their blog<\/a>. And you can see the final of the competition in the video<\/a> below!<\/p>\n