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apn201

I just spent almost 200 € to purchase the stuff I need for my project.

I have had this idea for a couple of years and I planned to do it with Arduino, but never got the inspiration to start. Now the challenge might be good enough excuse to get things going. Anyway finishing the project is so unsure, that I don't even want to apply as a challenger.





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  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    Jan,

     

    The Zero W is still bigger than the current TinyMoBot but it might be possible to make an alternative shaped TinyMoBoy based around either the 3B+ or Zero W (or both if I wnt to make my life really difficult!). I'm beginning to think of a flat mobile robot.

     

    Dubbie

  • in reply to 14rhb

    Rod,

     

    Well, all things are possible. My preference though is to try and stick within the criteria given as it is more challenging to design to exteria constraints than to adapt the requirements to suit myself. To be compatible with all the other challengees (challengers?) I would want to use the Raspberry Pi 3B+. I looked up the Pi Zero W which although smaller, still will not fit inside the shell of TinyMoBot, so it would have to be a bigger TinyMoBot anyway. I could just make a much bigger mobile robot anyway, possibly a flat one and call it FlatMoBot, which might be fun, trying to make it as low profile as possible but not worrying about the area.

     

    Dubbie

  • in reply to dubbie

    You could use the 3B as the user control device maybe, with the Zero W inside the bot?

  • in reply to dubbie

    Maybe the good folk at Element14 Team will let you use a Pi Zero W instead? After all, anything you can do on there could be easily ported across to the Pi 3 B+ meaning anyone could replicate your PiCasso project albeit they need a slightly larger bot to put it in.

     

    It would be a shame not to see your idea evolve and include TinyMoBot.

     

    Rod

  • in reply to e14phil

    Phil,

     

    I'm not so sure it is a good idea as I have just looked up the Pi 3B+ and realised it will not fit inside the body shell of a TinyMoBot. Maybe his big brother NotSoTinyMoBot, or even possibly QuiteALotBiggerMoBot.

     

    Dubbie