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realised that the only difference between what you just described and my Smart-board (not the same thing as Autobot) is smaller size and lack of wifi basically.
http://www.robotwars101.org/forum/viewt ... =30#p56187.

the esp 32 is an absolute amazing chip! and yes it dose Bluetooth, WiFi, TX,RX, all at the same time. we use it on our AutoBot board and theirs some decent documentation on how to use it. it can use arduino programming so its very easy for any skill level. its microprocessor is probably capable of t...

the pcbs have arrived! waiting on some components from mouser and then i shall solder one pcb to start with over my easter holidays. i've ordered components for 2 but had 13 made by pcbway, (i ordered 10????) so the hearwere of the robot itself is now being designed. i've ordered some 25D gearmotors...

ive heard its because the last series did worse than the time slot average, but it was slightly later than the series before, so less children still up. and it was up against blue planet so it really didn't have a fair chance.

hi i don't have any experience with those 3d printers but i do 3d print pretty much all my robots. using a very expensive 3d printer at my dad's work. advantages of 3d printing extremely creative, as in you can make a robot of any shape you can think of. prototyping, print something, oh no it doesn'...

finally the pcb design is done. been having many issues with circuit maker crashing and other bugs but it completely done now pending PCBWay to check the files and then they will make 10 in a nice red color. i shal upload photos when i get them in a few weeks and then i can spend some of my easter h...

Yeah it's 10x7.5cm i did say in the first post this is not for antwights in anyway. To answer your first question, the pi will only ever be put on if we ever eventually use some form of AI, thus it has its own wifi and bluetooth. And to your second question, as i'm not that greatly experienced in so...

decided it's time for another update. still designing the pcb, but very nearly completed the schematic and have started designing the layout. here is my draft layout so far, in nice 3d renders. 7003314 draft top-min.png here you can see the Pi Zero W on the left, then along the bottom from left to r...

what about the fact that the front edge, the one needed to get under other robots, will be up in the air.
so wheeling dose matter.
i had this problem on smartAnt 5, so i put metal wights at the front of the robot to stop it tipping up.

just realized that as im using altim's free 'circuit maker' you can easily have a look at my progress on this pcb.
just go to circuit maker, its free. and search for 7003314, and while your there you can look at the smaller version from 2016 7003311