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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CannonFodderBrian Corteil 🤖@CannonFodder·
35m

@PeteLomasPi @McrRaspJam @coolestprojects Did someone mention cake 🍰 Billy will be showing off his #PiWars robot in the main event, Tom and I will bring our robots along to show off at the jam 😀

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BobbyTables16Bobby Tables@BobbyTables16·
3h

Sorting Out Wiring - https://t.co/9rwpJgCFai #piwars

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ptbw2000Phil Willis@ptbw2000·
3h

Camera Tuner updated to save presets for the Forest Fighters robot. Feel free to use for your own OpenCV powered #PiWars robots. Currently saves as a Rust snippet, onced proved, I will make it a more dynamic format. https://t.co/75S0RcMTaA

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LeoWhitesTweetsLeo White@LeoWhitesTweets·
4h

Bit of a test drive across semi rough terrain, turns out Wall-E is a little top heavy!
Will have to add some ballast before attempting the #PiWars courses!

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LeoWhitesTweetsLeo White@LeoWhitesTweets·
4h

After a 3 week break (2 holidaying, 1 recovering) its back to working on my #PiWars robot this weekend.
First job is swapping the motors for some lower RPM ones, giving greater control and torque. Decided to get encoders this time around, although not yet connected to anything!

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fasaxcShaun Crampton@fasaxc·
10h

Starting to cable up the bot. One custom made JST cable down, sixteen to go 😆 #PiWars @PiWarsRobotics @lwr20

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piofthingsPi of things@piofthings·
10h

Right then, only two things to do today:
1. Get #PiWars computing setup sorted and move a bot
2. Start printing pieces of Robot's top-shell...

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CannonFodderBrian Corteil 🤖@CannonFodder·
11h

Looking at some hardware for my Pi Wars bot 😁 no such thing as overkill in #PiWars for the Space Invaders challenge.

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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