Last week-end the Ely Makers team got together to discuss battle strategies and hone our tactical skills for the Pi Noon challenge. Pi Noon is a challenge event in the Pi Wars competition which will be held in Cambridge on
Pi Wars spectator tickets now available
Spectator tickets for Pi Wars, the Raspberry Pi Robotics Challenge Competition, are now available. Following the success of previous events, the competition is running for two days this time (1st-2nd April). On the first day, over 30 school teams will
Pi Wars Robot Chassis
One of the first things to consider when designing our robot is the chassis – the mechanical platform including wheels and motors – to which we will attach our electronics, sensors and other body-parts. We want to be guided by
Soldering Workshop
Last week we had our first soldering workshop where two of our young members got to solder their own LED christmas tree decorations. The project took about an hour to complete. There were enough solder joints to complete to turn
PlayStation 4 DS4 for RPi Robot Control
One of the decisions to make when building a semi-autonomous robot for a competition like Pi Wars is which controller to use. After considering a number of options we decided to use a DualShock4 (DS4) controller. The DualShock4 controller is
Pi Wars 2017 – Hello World!
This is the first post in a series of posts about Pi Wars 2017 for which we will be entering with our robot that has yet to be designed, built and coded up. Pi Wars 2017 is due to take