Pi Wars – the Raspberry Pi robotics challenge competition

What is Pi Wars?

Pi Wars is an international, challenge-based robotics competition in which teams build Raspberry Pi-controlled robots and then compete in various non-destructive challenges to earn points. The competition takes place over a single weekend and prizes and medals are awarded to those competing at the end of each day. In previous years, we've had teams from schools, families, groups of hobbyists and solo roboteers. We can take up to 76 teams over the event weekend which takes place in Cambridge, UK. The competition is open to anyone from around the world. To get a flavour of the day, take a look at the video below or check out other Pi Wars videos on YouTube.

Pi Wars 2019

The 2019 event will take place on 30th & 31st March at the Cambridge Computer Laboratory in England. You can find more information here.

About the tickets

Volunteers and Under-18s can attend Pi Wars for free. Tickets for other spectators are £5 for one day or £7 for both days.

Time to event

To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings, our 2019 competition is space exploration-themed!

 

#PiWars tweets

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MolloyLaurenceLaurence Molloy@MolloyLaurence·
3h

#TheWisdomOfKids #PiWars

(gonna get into trouble 4 this)

Advised team mate 2 tidy his kitchen before asking wife if she can solder our I2C multiplexers

PARTNER: is he in trouble w/ his wife?
ME: All blokes are, honey
PARTNER: men are just lazy
BOY(10): That's bloke-ist, mummy!

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CannonFodderBrian Corteil 🤖@CannonFodder·
19h

had fun showing off my #PiWars robot Face Plant @MKRaspberryJam today, nice to catch up with everyone and hopefully an art project in the making 😀

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piofthingsPi of things@piofthings·
22h

@TeamDiddybot well.... might be handy for poke and run at #PiNoon! Will need considerable driver skills though... (which I don't have)! #PiWars

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piofthingsPi of things@piofthings·
22h

Assuming the robot stays balanced, this might be a nifty feature to have at #PiWars 😉 Not at pretty as the six wheelers though...

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TeamDiddybotTeamDiddybot@TeamDiddybot·
23h

Making progress on the Straight-ish line challenge #PiWars

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piofthingsPi of things@piofthings·
23h

I have 180 degree servos, one you think I will be able to rotate things by 90 degrees with it! #n00b #PiWars

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PiWarsRoboticsPi Wars@PiWarsRobotics·
18 Jan

An important #PiWars email has just been sent out. Please make sure to read it in full and reply as soon as you can. I'm still waiting for team member counts from some of you too! 🙂

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Sponsorship

We are now seeking sponsors for Pi Wars 2019. Please contact us if you are at all interested in sponsoring or finding out more. Detailed information about sponsorship can be found on this page.

Sponsors for 2019