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WaveShare PicoGo goes Odo
With the new 'RPi Pico robot platform', it's time to upgrade this platform: PicoGo (V1) from WaveShare. The PicoGo is a small differential drive robot, including some nice sensors and display. It's also having both IR & Bluetooth for connectivity. But it doesn't have motors with encoders. This is fine for line following & obstacle […]
Mobile robot platform
Finaly a workable mobile robot platform! Hello, I’m back working on "Pico Smart Car DIY" again. With the help of ChatGPT and reading even more articles on the internet, the complete software architecture of the robot is changed! It's finally possible to send waypoint by remote PC and leave the movements to the robot: The […]
3D vierwers: LDraw_to_GLB converter
Would be creat, converting LeoCAD (LDraw) models, into GLB files.GLB is the standard 3D format for internet and could even include animations. Creating those 3D buildings/structures, will be more appealing, when viewed inside a 3D viewer, so it's time for some investigations. Managed writing some Python code, converting LDraw geometry into GLB, using the awesome […]
DuckieTown
It's time to continue with the MOOC DuckieTown course and build the newest DB21J (4GB) DuckieBot. Although I did consider buying an older (& cheaper) RPi version, the newest version should be less stress full, since it (should) work with the newest online course. First impressions: Road & tiles... I decided to create the road-tiles […]
Pico/mPython - smart car DIY
Time for a new robot approach: building a 'smart car' platform. Having some Arduino Uno experiences some years back, it's time to learn something new: After reading this inspiring medium article: "Pico Bot" by Doug Blanding, there is no reason to wait any longer. This post is about: Major software upgrade: The Build It's the updated version, […]
Pi Wars 2024 - Dynamometer
For Pi Wars 2024 we are using RTClib-lite board. (team blog) This is semi-open hardware/software solution for controlling differential drive robots. It's having ao. good working odometry on board, enabling deadreckoning. This configuration has proven itselfs already multiple times (like many RoboRama tournements) as a high quality robust drive platform. But driving a robot precisly […]
Pi Wars 2024 - Distaster zone
Ever heard about Pi Wars? Pi Wars is a non-destructive, Raspberry Pi-based robotics competition with both autonomous and remote-controlled challenges. It takes place in-person over a single weekend and features teams of school students, families and hobbyists as well as solo roboteers. The event open to anyone on planet Earth! I joint a small group in The […]
Retro Building Toys
Around April 2021 I came in contact with a small group of enthousiasts, who were investigating an old Dutch made construction toy called: Mobaco (1924-1956). After reading some posts & discussions, I wanted to anticipate to this research, but from a bit different angle: Why not make this building toy available in 3D, so everyone […]
Take Apart: Custom license Plates
Many of the take apart trucks having customizable license plates. So these trucks could be personalized. This lincese plate is generated within OpenSCAD. OpenSCAD is a programming environment for generating 3D parts. Once a part is generated, this could ao. saved as STL-file. Using this customizer is very simple: Here a screenshot how the program […]
Building Block Generator
This OpenSCad base-generator is intended to have one place to fine-tuning the main building block interfaces. Once done, this module could be used creating customized bricks. The module contains 3 main interfaces: With first two interfaces, the next bricks could be build: Usage: Update v2 20180630:+ Make a clear difference between plate & baseplate, basically […]