RasPi - September 2015 (issue 014), RasPi, RasPi 2015
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//-->ESIGNDUILDBCODE14WIRELESSPRINTINGwith Pi6DIY kits & challengesWelcomeFollowing its huge success lastyear, Pi Wars is back again thisDecember. In case you missedit, the Cambridge RaspberryJam organised an amazing event that sawpeople bringing in their home-made robotsand then taking on a number of challengesdesigned by the Pi Wars organisers, includingspeed and power tests, obstacle courses, athree-point turn test and more. It was hugefun and we’re excited for Pi Wars 2015 – andif you want to get involved too, we’re here tohelp. Check out this month’s feature to find sixbrilliant robotics kits, each one put to the testwith a new challenge that you can downloadthe code for. And if you do decide to take yourrobot down to Cambridge, send us a photo!Get inspiredDiscover the RasPicommunity’s best projectsExpert adviceGot a question? Get in touchand we’ll give you a handEasy-to-followguidesLearn to make and codegadgets with Raspberry PiEditorFrom the makers ofJoin the conversation at…@linuxusermagxusermag.Linux User & DeveloperUDevelopeD l.RasPi@imagine-publishing.co.ukRasPi@imagine ps. .ContentsRaspberry Pi robots6 kits tested and 6 challenges codedWhat is a Raspberry Pi robot?We define the Pibot once and for allPrint wirelessly with your PiConnect to your printer over your networkHost your own websiteNo need to pay for web hosting any morePi GlassSecret to the DIY Google Glass revealedTalking PiYour questions answered and your opinions sharedRaspberry Pi robotsDiscover the best robotics kits around andlearn to program them with your PiThe rise of our robot overlords is wellunderway – give it another five years andwe’ll all be watched over by Pi-poweredmachines of loving grace. In the meantime, though,we’ve rounded up the very best DIY robotics kitsavailable to buy right now that are designed to workwith your Raspberry Pi, so you can get a head start onthe inevitable revolution. Whether they’re Arduino orRaspberry Pi-based, we’re getting all of our robots tolisten to our master Pi controller and showing you howto do the same with your kit. We’ll also be scoring theserobotics kits to identify their strengths and weaknessesin terms of their build quality, functionality out of thebox, the construction process and of course theirprogrammability, to help show you which kit is right foryou and where you can get hold of your own.And what then? Well, we thought we’d put ourrobots to the test with a series of challenges inspiredby the Cambridge Raspberry Jam’s Pi Wars event(www.piwars.org) – a line-following challenge, aproximity alert test, a tricky obstacle course and a three-point turn examination. Not content to stop there, wealso got one of our robots to play a fine round of golf andanother two to battle each other (sumo style).So it’s time to introduce you to our hand-pickedteam of robots – over the next few pages you’ll meetRapiro, our most humanoid and delightfully articulateGundamesque robot; GoPiGo and Pi2Go, two nippy littletwo-wheel tricars with ball-bearing casters for stability atthe rear; Frindo, the sensor-loaded, open source mobilerobotics platform; Rover 5, the rugged two-track tankwith a Seeeduino brain and an inexorable top speed of1km/s; and Hexy, the six-legged, crab-walking, Thriller-
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