VIDEO: The Guitar That Plays Itself!
I made a guitar that plays itself. It has nothing to do with this competition, but I felt I should share it on here because it deserves...
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Feb 5, 20221 min read
Another No No from Coro-No :-(((((((
Yesterday I took the long arduous journey crossing borders to foreign countries to my cousin's house to meet up for the drive to (again)...
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Feb 1, 20221 min read
VIDEO: FLL - Go Go Gadget Arm!
We love loopholes, especially loopholes in robotic competitions. In First Lego League, there's a heap of points available for depositing...
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Jan 30, 20221 min read
Design Prototype #2 - Enter The Beast!
After reading through the rules for this year's competition, one of the things that struck us was the size of the sheep. They're freakin'...
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Jan 27, 20221 min read
Any loophole is a loopgoal, Part 2
Q. Hungry Cattle question: is there a penalty for making a mess? Despite the fact that it's not in the spirit of the thing (like...
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Jan 23, 20221 min read
Any loophole is a loopgoal
Our team often write to the organisers of Pi Wars attempting to exploit loopholes. Here are some of our recent favourites. Q. “Any method...
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Jan 18, 20221 min read
First Lego League 2022
I don't mean to toot our own horn, but... not only are we Pi Wars champions, but we are also First Lego League champions. Actually, we...
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Jan 12, 20221 min read
VIDEO: Design Prototype #1 - Steer in a New Direction?
Every time we've built a robot in the past, we've gone with the good old reliable LeftMotor / RightMotor design. Wanted to try something...
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Dec 27, 20211 min read
It's a Brickmas Miracle!
Wahey! It works! It's Christmas, which means I've FINALLY got a bit of spare time to dust off the old BrickPi and see if it still works....
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Nov 13, 20211 min read
Cormacoronavirus :-(((
Today was supposed to be the day we met up for the first time to kick off the 2022 Pi Wars season, but alas, twas not meant to be. We...
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Nov 1, 20211 min read
New Stev3 Who Dis?
Everything beyond this post is from last year's competition. But you should check it out because we totally smashed it.
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Jul 11, 20211 min read
We proudly present... all of our entry videos!
Now that the competition is over, we'd like to share all of our entry videos with anyone who comes to visit our blog. We also want to say...
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Jul 11, 20211 min read
We won!
STEV3 takes first prize in the Pi Wars Young Experienced category! Our team got together on Saturday for a BBQ and to watch the live...
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Jun 15, 20213 min read
Final Thoughts (for now)
It's been an whirlwind six months of building, coding and blogging, but with our tasks complete and videos submitted (two weeks early),...
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Jun 10, 20211 min read
VIDEO: You Spin Me Right Round Stevie Right Round
Hello! This is Kevin, the Irresponsible Adult who has been mentoring these clowns through lockdown. I'm the one who's in charge of...
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Jun 3, 20212 min read
VIDEO: Where the Rubber Hits the Road
Finally! The final task is complete! For real this time. I hear you saying "Wait, didn't you record a successful run of Tidy The Toys a...
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May 31, 20211 min read
The Story of Stev3
With the tasks out of the way and the blog full of funny and intelligent stories there was only one thing left to do... the Technical &...
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May 28, 20212 min read
VIDEO: Hooray for Project Management!
After last year's Pi Wars was cancelled, we were all excited that Pi Wars was going to happen this year, even though virtually this time....
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May 23, 20211 min read
Up The Googly Path - Attempt #2
We're back together, and we're shouting at our robot again. Only this time it's way better: We've got a new batch of overhauled voice...
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May 22, 20212 min read
VIDEO: Shut Up, Reason!
Today we learned a valuable lesson about friction. We got together today to film both Tidy Up The Toys and Up The Garden Path. We started...
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