Will Jessop's Writings

Sailing, Food, Programming, Technology, and other things

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2013/December

Ping-Pong Press!
My robot featyres on the Raspberry Pi foundation blog and Polulu blogs.
Robot at RubyConf
I took my robot to Rubyconf, it was popular.

2013/November

Prototype lifter arm
I test the prototype robot ping-pong ball lifter arm and design a new motor driver circuit.
First robot remote driving test
I control my robot remotely for the first time.

2013/October

Rejects and prototypes
3d printing can be an iterative process
New robot base design and completed prototype arm assembly
I’ve re-designed the robot base to be more robust.
Testing the new battery + lifter arm circuit
Running the robot circuitry off a battery for the first time.
An assembled ping-pong robot hopper
Assembling the Ping-Pong robot ball hopper
Testing new motor mounts
I needed to re-design the motor mounts on the robot base, they didn’t hold the motors securely enough and tended to shift around.
Raspberry Pi camera mount + lens holder
Testing the Raspberry Pi camera mount