What's New

• Python Libraries released for Dynamixels and Serializer
• Robot Agents, Messages and The Society of Mind

• An Introduction to Robot Coordinate Frames
• A Month in the Life of Pi

Greetings Humans

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 on the left which used to be called "Peppy". The next step is to integrate the earlier omnidirectional vision system (shown below) into Pi's torso.

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.

Click the links on the left to see more pictures and videos of Pi and Peppy (both then and now) as well as Rovio. Or sign up for the Pi Robot eLetter mailing list so you can be alerted to new updates to this website.

Cybernetically yours,
Pi Robot