{"id":17622,"date":"2017-09-18T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17622"},"modified":"2017-09-18T15:51:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T14:51:32","slug":"nerf-tank-firing-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17622","title":{"rendered":"Nerf tank shooting platform controlled by a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nerf_shooting_robot.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17623\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nerf_shooting_robot.jpg?resize=560%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nerf_shooting_robot.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nerf_shooting_robot.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nerf_shooting_robot.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nerf_shooting_robot.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nerf_shooting_robot.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nerf_shooting_robot.jpg?resize=260%2C195&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nerf_shooting_robot.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davejavupride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Pride<\/a> has taken a Raspberry Pi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piborg.org\/zeroborg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a ZeroBorg motor controller<\/a>, a disassembled Nerf gun and a robot chassis and made a drive-able shooting platform. He&#8217;s used several skills here, including 3D printing, to get the desired result and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.piandchips.co.uk\/uncategorized\/say-hello-to-fred-209-you-have-20-seconds-to-comply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read all about it over on his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s planning on uploading the 3D files to Thingiverse and the shooting code to GitHub, so <a href=\"http:\/\/www.piandchips.co.uk\/uncategorized\/say-hello-to-fred-209-you-have-20-seconds-to-comply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch out on his blog<\/a> for that. You can see a video of the finished result 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\/hxyRPVSzUXA?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>David Pride has taken a Raspberry Pi, a ZeroBorg motor controller, a disassembled Nerf gun and a robot chassis and made a drive-able shooting platform. He&#8217;s used several skills here, including 3D printing, to get the desired result and you&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17622\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,54,20,50,45,48],"tags":[531,532],"class_list":["post-17622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-accessories","category-gpio-boards","category-making","category-robotics","category-silliness","tag-nerf","tag-shooting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nerf tank shooting platform controlled by a Raspberry Pi - 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=17622\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nerf tank shooting platform controlled by a Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Pride has taken a Raspberry Pi, a ZeroBorg motor controller, a disassembled Nerf gun and a robot chassis and made a drive-able shooting platform. 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