Progress will be kept up-to-date on my blog: http://robierover.blogspot.ca/
Retrofitting a Raspberry Pi in to an old Radio Shack Robie Junior robot.
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Progress will be kept up-to-date on my blog: http://robierover.blogspot.ca/
Raspi audio isn't as easy as it seems:
http://robierover.blogspot.ca/2015/05/the-silence-of-rams.html
Robie has been updated:
http://robierover.blogspot.ca/2015/04/source-update.html
He now has a mode selection capability as well as a fancy lighting effects mode.
Sometimes things don't always go as planned:
http://robierover.blogspot.ca/2015/03/trials-and-tribulations.html
Robie now has an autonomous mode. It's still in the early stages, but the basics are there:
http://robierover.blogspot.ca/2015/03/things-that-go-bump-in-night.html
More experimentation with the WS-2812 LED's and the HC-SR04 ping sensor:
http://robierover.blogspot.ca/2015/03/kaleidoscope-part-deux.html
This time with a fancy video (ooh... ahh):
WS-2812 + HC-SR04 = Kaleidoscope?!
My zany experiment: http://robierover.blogspot.ca/2015/03/the-bot-with-kaleidosope-eyes.html
After what seems like ages I was able to screw Robie's case back together:
As always, there are more details on my blog: http://robierover.blogspot.ca/2015/03/back-in-fighting-shape.html
After what seems like ages my lipo charging board arrived in the mail. Here's what she looks like mounted in the batter compartment:
Check out a video of the now tether-free robot roaming around on my build blog: http://robierover.blogspot.ca/2015/03/look-ma-no-wires.html
The bumper is all wired up and the code is updated, so I decided to take another video of my progress:
http://robierover.blogspot.ca/2015/02/old-dog-new-trick.html
The importance of good ground connections:
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Almost 550 views and no comments? Where is everyone? I think this is freaking awesome! Robbie is going to be great with his new Pi brain. I'm a huge fan of these 80's robots (and their Tomy brethren) There's an Omnibot 2000 In my garage waiting for a hack one of these days...
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That would make a pretty sweet project! There's a lot more room in an Omnibot 2000. I can tell you from experience now that robotics is addictive!