{"id":7494,"date":"2014-01-17T10:38:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T10:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=7494"},"modified":"2014-01-17T10:38:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T10:38:49","slug":"hijacking-a-robosapien-with-a-raspberrypi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7494","title":{"rendered":"Hijacking a Robosapien with a #RaspberryPi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.element14.com\/community\/servlet\/JiveServlet\/downloadImage\/38-14634-191001\/20140104_221832.png?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Element14 blogger &#8217;emotep&#8217; has taken an old Robosapien robot and converted it for use with the Raspberry Pi and a LIRC infrared dongle. 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