{"id":17961,"date":"2017-12-19T16:37:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T15:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961"},"modified":"2017-12-19T16:37:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T15:37:35","slug":"robotic-teasmade-controlled-by-a-raspberry-pi-used-in-channel-4-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961","title":{"rendered":"Robotic teasmade controlled by a Raspberry Pi used in Channel 4 documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17962\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.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\/12\/teasmade.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?resize=260%2C195&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In recent Channel 4 documentary\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/guy-martin-vs-the-robot-car\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guy Martin Versus the Robot Car<\/a>, they had a need to construct a robotic teasmaid. Called\u00a0R2\u2011Tea2, and built by <a href=\"http:\/\/rith.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Running in the Halls<\/a>, the teasmaid uses an\u00a0Adafruit 16-channel PCA9685 PWM\/servo board (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/product\/815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/thepihut.com\/products\/adafruit-16-channel-12-bit-pwm-servo-driver-i2c-interface-pca9685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK<\/a>) and 2 H-bridge DC motor drivers to control the various motors. Communication is achieved via SMS to the Raspberry Pi by using\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twilio.com\/\">Twilio<\/a>\u00a0and Google Dialogflow to interpret the commands. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/ai-teasmade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more about this project over at The MagPi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent Channel 4 documentary\u00a0Guy Martin Versus the Robot Car, they had a need to construct a robotic teasmaid. Called\u00a0R2\u2011Tea2, and built by Running in the Halls, the teasmaid uses an\u00a0Adafruit 16-channel PCA9685 PWM\/servo board (USA\/UK) and 2 H-bridge DC&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17962,"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":[54,50,45],"tags":[150],"class_list":["post-17961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accessories","category-making","category-robotics","tag-tea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Robotic teasmade controlled by a Raspberry Pi used in Channel 4 documentary - 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=17961\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Robotic teasmade controlled by a Raspberry Pi used in Channel 4 documentary - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In recent Channel 4 documentary\u00a0Guy Martin Versus the Robot Car, they had a need to construct a robotic teasmaid. Called\u00a0R2\u2011Tea2, and built by Running in the Halls, the teasmaid uses an\u00a0Adafruit 16-channel PCA9685 PWM\/servo board (USA\/UK) and 2 H-bridge DC&hellip;Read more &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-19T15:37:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Horne\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@recantha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@recantha\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Horne\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Horne\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263\"},\"headline\":\"Robotic teasmade controlled by a Raspberry Pi used in Channel 4 documentary\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T15:37:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961\"},\"wordCount\":92,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"tea\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Accessories\",\"Making\",\"Robotics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961\",\"name\":\"Robotic teasmade controlled by a Raspberry Pi used in Channel 4 documentary - Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T15:37:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":750},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Robotic teasmade controlled by a Raspberry Pi used in Channel 4 documentary\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"description\":\"Experiences with the Raspberry Pi micro computer and microcontroller\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":337,\"caption\":\"Raspberry Pi Pod\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/recantha\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/recantha\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCK4F9blabxzmk8Inzhs8tpg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263\",\"name\":\"Michael Horne\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michael Horne\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Robotic teasmade controlled by a Raspberry Pi used in Channel 4 documentary - Raspberry Pi Pod","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Robotic teasmade controlled by a Raspberry Pi used in Channel 4 documentary - Raspberry Pi Pod","og_description":"In recent Channel 4 documentary\u00a0Guy Martin Versus the Robot Car, they had a need to construct a robotic teasmaid. Called\u00a0R2\u2011Tea2, and built by Running in the Halls, the teasmaid uses an\u00a0Adafruit 16-channel PCA9685 PWM\/servo board (USA\/UK) and 2 H-bridge DC&hellip;Read more &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961","og_site_name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/","article_published_time":"2017-12-19T15:37:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":750,"url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Horne","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@recantha","twitter_site":"@recantha","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Horne"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961"},"author":{"name":"Michael Horne","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263"},"headline":"Robotic teasmade controlled by a Raspberry Pi used in Channel 4 documentary","datePublished":"2017-12-19T15:37:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961"},"wordCount":92,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","keywords":["tea"],"articleSection":["Accessories","Making","Robotics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961","name":"Robotic teasmade controlled by a Raspberry Pi used in Channel 4 documentary - Raspberry Pi Pod","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","datePublished":"2017-12-19T15:37:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","width":1000,"height":750},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17961#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Robotic teasmade controlled by a Raspberry Pi used in Channel 4 documentary"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","description":"Experiences with the Raspberry Pi micro computer and microcontroller","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#organization","name":"Raspberry Pi Pod","url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-PiPod-Logo-v3.png?fit=800%2C337&ssl=1","width":800,"height":337,"caption":"Raspberry Pi Pod"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recantha\/","https:\/\/x.com\/recantha","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/recantha\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCK4F9blabxzmk8Inzhs8tpg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c27c4ef2ee1c18b130f1fcd5dcdbb263","name":"Michael Horne","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/479778b0677caadde0ceb54c4129804ef674914607e3ed0998808148357d10d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michael Horne"},"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/teasmade.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2RsaV-4FH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10825,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10825","url_meta":{"origin":17961,"position":0},"title":"Solve a Rubik&#8217;s Cube with a Raspberry Pi","author":"Michael Horne","date":"22 August 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Zijiang, over at Makeblock, has created a robotic apparatus that will solve a Rubik's cube. It has four robotic arms which pivot to turn the sides of the cube and the whole thing is controlled by a Raspberry Pi. Take a look at the video below:","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Games&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Games","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=21"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4747,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4747","url_meta":{"origin":17961,"position":1},"title":"#RaspberryPi controlled robotic orchestra comes to Aberystwyth","author":"Michael Horne","date":"21 June 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Fantastic news from the Welsh Daily Post website: A robotic orchestra made of discarded instruments, a hoover and controlled by two tiny Raspberry Pi computers, will give its first public performance at the Bandstand at Aberystwyth on Saturday 22 June. Designed and developed by Dave Price and Ian Izett from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Robotics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Robotics","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=45"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17152,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17152","url_meta":{"origin":17961,"position":2},"title":"Raspberry Pi Robotic racing league Formula Pi &#8211; the Summer season final is this evening!","author":"Michael Horne","date":"18 July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Today\u00a0at\u00a06.30pm (BST), Pi Borg will hold the\u00a0final of their brilliant robotic racing competition Formula Pi. Broadcast live on YouTube, the final features two classes: MonsterBorg and GrandPi and competition is sure to be fierce. Do robots hug the inside line and risk crashing into one another, or do they go\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Competitions&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Competitions","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/formula_pi_static.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/formula_pi_static.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/formula_pi_static.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/formula_pi_static.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/formula_pi_static.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17716,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17716","url_meta":{"origin":17961,"position":3},"title":"Review of the MeArm Pi robotic arm for the Raspberry Pi","author":"Michael Horne","date":"18 October 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Following a successful Kickstarter, Mime Industries are now starting to deliver their interesting robotic arm kit, the MeArm Pi, an update to their previous MeArm. The new kit comes with a HAT to control the arm via two mini joysticks and the arm itself has been completely redesigned to be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessories","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=54"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Me-Arm-Robot-Kit.jpg?fit=550%2C550&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Me-Arm-Robot-Kit.jpg?fit=550%2C550&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Me-Arm-Robot-Kit.jpg?fit=550%2C550&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18635,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18635","url_meta":{"origin":17961,"position":4},"title":"Robotic fish sneaks up on hard-to-track animals with the aid of a Raspberry Pi","author":"Michael Horne","date":"23 March 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"There are many sea-borne creatures that are notoriously difficult to film and photograph. To solve this problem, researchers at MIT have developed SoFi, a rubber-encased robotic fish. Mimicking the movement and look of a real fish, SoFi can swim without disturbing the water as much as other methods which can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Research&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Research","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=43"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sofi.gif?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sofi.gif?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sofi.gif?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18884,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18884","url_meta":{"origin":17961,"position":5},"title":"Robotic plotter controller by a Raspberry Pi creates stunning artworks","author":"Michael Horne","date":"1 June 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"John Proudlock has used a Raspberry Pi to control a vertically-mounted plotter that creates stunning artwork. Called InkyLines, the Raspberry Pi is used to read in a low-resolution image and then convert that data into movements of two stepper motors. The stepper motors control the length of two cords, thus\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=56"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?fit=945%2C698&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?fit=945%2C698&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?fit=945%2C698&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/plotter.jpg?fit=945%2C698&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17963,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17961\/revisions\/17963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}