Conquering the Zombie Apocalypse: A Journey Through Innovation and Strategy Welcome to our latest update on the journey to Pi Wars 2024, where our team is gearing up to face the thrilling Zombie Apocalypse challenge. With creativity, technical prowess, and a dash of sci-fi flair, we’re excited to share the progress of our robot’s specialized attachment designed to take down the undead with precision and style.
The Challenge Ahead The Zombie Apocalypse challenge tasks our robot with clearing zombies from the Pi Wars Tower.
From CAD to Reality: Refining Our 3D-Printed Chassis for Pi Wars Glory Following the completion of our CAD design, we’ve taken the exciting step of 3D printing our new chassis design for the Pi Wars robot. This phase brought our digital blueprints to life, allowing us to conduct a test assembly that was both revealing and invaluable. While the initial assembly showed promising results, we identified several areas needing refinement to ensure our robot is battle-ready.
Powering Innovation - The PCB Behind Our Pi Wars Robot A Foundation for the Future In our quest to dominate Pi Wars, the heart of our robot’s prowess lies in a meticulously designed Printed Circuit Board (PCB), conceived and realized by our very own Robert K. This PCB is not just a circuit; it’s the central nervous system of our entry, embodying innovation, resilience, and adaptability.
Design Specification Power: 3S battery system with XT30 connectors and a barrel jack, featuring over-voltage, under-voltage, and over-current protection via eFuses.
Layer by Layer: Assembling Victory with Our 3D-Printed Pi Wars Gladiator The Journey to the Final Design In our quest to build a formidable contender for Pi Wars 2024, we’ve reached a significant milestone: the completion of the CAD design for our robot’s “final” base. This design represents not just the culmination of our efforts thus far but also a blueprint for the exciting steps ahead.
Initially, we envisioned a chassis that doubled as a PCB.
Uncommon Ground: The Shared Ingenuity of OSoD and the Latest in Mobility and Robotics In the realm of robotics and automotive innovation, a silent revolution brews, one that is as understated as it is radical. At the heart of this revolution lie the Overwhelming Surplus of Diggity (OSoD) – a marvel in the Pi Wars robotics competition – and its three contemporaries: the Hyundai Mobion, Mercedes EQG, and Hiwonder JetRover. What stitches these diverse entities together is their embrace of an ethos that defies convention.
Odometry Matters In the journey towards Pi Wars 2024, we recently achieved a significant milestone that might sound deceptively simple but holds immense importance: we synchronized our wheel speeds with steering angles for the first time. While it happened relatively late in the build process (we embarked on this project back in 2021), grasping the significance of this achievement requires us to revisit the lessons learned from our past robot, Tauradigm
Blog Post: Revolutionizing Pi Noon with OSoD’s Autonomous Strategy The Pi Noon challenge at Pi Wars has always been a thrilling test of precision and strategy, where robots face off in a duel of balloon-popping prowess. This year, Team Cyberwar is taking an unprecedented approach with their robot, Overwhelming Surplus of Diggity (OSoD), by entering the challenge autonomously—a pioneering move only previously attempted by Piradigm.
The Autonomous Edge: OSoD’s strategy hinges on autonomy, leveraging advanced technology to outmaneuver opponents.
Preparing for Pi Wars 2024: Challenges and Innovations Great news, everyone! We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve successfully secured a spot in the Pi Wars 2024 competition. Our journey to Pi Wars continues, and we’re eager to share more insights into our robot’s development and our strategies for conquering the challenges ahead.
Eco Disaster: Sorting Sustainability Our approach to the Eco Disaster challenge involves collecting all barrels into two sorted barrel storage cartridges, using a specially designed collection mechanism.
Preparing for Pi Wars 2024: Building the Overwhelming Surplus of Diggity Pi Wars 2024 has been announced, and we’re gearing up for the challenges ahead. This time, the competition revisits the Disaster theme from 2020, and we’re excited to take on the challenges with our latest creation, the Overwhelming Surplus of Diggity (OSoD). In this post, we’ll dive into our journey so far, the design choices we’ve made, and how our past experiences have shaped our approach.
