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Pi Robot

Earlier posts...

Greetings Humans

Pi Kinected

The Pi Robot project began in December 2005. The first couple of years involved testing several different body plans, microcontrollers, sensors, servos and drive motors. The next step was the development of a modular programming frame work for coordinating sensory data and motor commands into autonomous behaviors. Pi's appearance has changed over time but is beginning to converge on the design shown in the photo above.  Pi has also experimented with an omnidirectional vision system (like the one shown below) integrated into his torso just below his neck.

It would also be nice to give Pi a self-balancing wheel base, like that used on the Segway, or an omnidirectional holonomic drive system like the three-wheeled Rovio shown below.

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Cybernetically yours,
Pi Robot