{"id":16430,"date":"2017-02-20T11:25:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T10:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16430"},"modified":"2017-02-20T11:26:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T10:26:07","slug":"pi-wars-the-untold-story-find-out-more-about-the-raspberry-pi-robotics-challenge-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16430","title":{"rendered":"Pi Wars &#8211; the untold story &#8211; find out more about the Raspberry Pi robotics challenge competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rs-online.com\/designspark\/rel-assets\/dsauto\/temp\/uploaded\/Logo_v2_large.jpg?resize=560%2C196&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;m sure most of you know, myself and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/geeky_tim\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Richardson<\/a>\u00a0run an event called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/piwars.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Pi Wars<\/strong> which is a Raspberry Pi Robotics Challenge Competition<\/a>. Well, over on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rs-online.com\/designspark\/pi-wars---the-raspberry-pi-robotics-challenge-competition\" target=\"_blank\">DesignSpark Raspberry Pi Tech Hub<\/a>, I&#8217;ve written a fairly lengthy piece about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rs-online.com\/designspark\/pi-wars---the-raspberry-pi-robotics-challenge-competition\" target=\"_blank\">the history of the event, from inception to where we are currently, preparing for this year<\/a>. I hope some of you will be interested and will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rs-online.com\/designspark\/pi-wars---the-raspberry-pi-robotics-challenge-competition\" target=\"_blank\">read it<\/a>! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The next event is on 1st-2nd April this year and we&#8217;re very excited about it. It&#8217;s a lot of work (especially for Tim, who creates all the courses!) but it&#8217;s well worth it with over 70 teams competing. If you haven&#8217;t got your tickets to watch the competition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/pi-wars-the-raspberry-pi-robotics-competition-spectator-tickets-tickets-29968329079\" target=\"_blank\">head over to Eventbrite and take a look<\/a>. Tickets are free for those 16 and under and only \u00a35 for adults (or \u00a37 for two days). 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