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Small Robot

A two-wheeled Raspberry Pi robot on a 3D-printed chassis — gear motors, a breadboarded driver circuit, and drive control in progress.

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Small Robot

Overview

A two-wheeled robot built around a Raspberry Pi on a 3D-printed chassis. The prototype deliberately keeps the driver circuit on a solderless breadboard so the wiring and control logic can change quickly between tests.

Current Build

  • Raspberry Pi as the main controller, fed from an onboard power module
  • Two gear motors driving the wheels through the printed chassis mounts
  • Breadboarded motor driver and GPIO wiring for fast iteration
  • 3D-printed chassis carrying the controller, driver circuit, and power

Still To Do

  • Move the driver circuit from breadboard to a soldered board
  • Tidy the wiring loom and secure the power supply
  • Closed-loop drive control and a first autonomous mode

Build gallery

Current build — Raspberry Pi, breadboarded motor driver, and gear motors on a 3D-printed chassis
Current build — Raspberry Pi, breadboarded motor driver, and gear motors on a 3D-printed chassis