Saturday 6th December 2014 saw the first “Pi Wars” hosted as part of the Cambridge Jam. This is a hugely popular event held at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge.
This was the first Pi Wars event and aimed to give Pi fans of all ages and abilities the chance to design, build and develop robots to compete against each other.
So, onto the list of challenges:
Remote Controlled :
- Aesthetics (mandatory)
- Code Quality (mandatory)
- Obstacle Course
- Robot Golf
- Sumo Battle
Autonomous :
- Line Follower
- Proximity Alert
- Three Point Turn
and finally :
- Straight Line Speed Test – either autonomous or remote-controlled
The challenges were designed to ensure there was something to interest robot builders of all ages and experience.
Here are some videos created by Raspberry Pi fans who survived the day!
RaspberryPiIVBeginners
MrUKTechReviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tx0zWdm190
Dawn Robotics
http://youtu.be/iAGr4Kmcsfw
CamJam PiWars Straight Line Speed Test
Mini-Me – Smallest Robot
Blogs & Write-ups
Here are some articles about the day from people who were lucky enough to be there :
- CamJam PiWars – Alex Eames, RasPi.TV
- CamJam Edukit 2 Launches at PiWars – Alex Eames, RasPi.TV
To keep an eye on future events please visit the Official Pi Wars site. This site also contains details of the rules which will be of interest to anyone wanting to enter next year’s event.