{"id":1993,"date":"2025-05-07T17:56:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:44:55","slug":"the-current-robot-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/?p=1993","title":{"rendered":"The Current Robot Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you follow me on social media<\/a> you may have noticed that I have a few robotics projects on the go at the moment! I\u2019ve always loved robots and living in an age where electronic components to build or customise your own robots is so accessible is something I find amazing! Child-Me would have loved to have all of this tech at her disposal! I\u2019ve decided to write about the robots\u2019 progress here and share some of their code as I go along as a way of documenting the projects! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, let me in introduce you to the robot team . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omnibot<\/h2>\n\n\n
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I bought Omnibot, a toy robot from Tomy that came out in the mid-eighties, second-hand from eBay with the intention to customise him over the summer with up-to-date electronics. It took me a little longer than expected, but this has been a really fun project to work on and has given me a good understanding of programming on a Raspberry Pi Pico, along with the differences between MicroPython and Circuit Python. The first things I upgraded were Omnibot\u2019s eyes which are now LED arrays  in the form of Adafruit LED backpacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omnibot uses the original motors to move around and also has a Pico inside the original remote to control the robot. The two picos communicate using Bluetooth to send and receive movement commands. I was really pleased that I managed to finish Omnibot by Christmas, just in time to pass around the chocolates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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