I've been working on a robot hobby for about a year and a half. My inspiration has been the Mars rovers that JPL has successfully landed on Mars.
It started out as an Arduino stack running on a Tamiya tank platform, but it has recently evolved into a Raspberry Pi connected to an Arduino stack via USB and mounted onto a Sainsmart robot platform, all communicating with my MacBook Pro via my in home WiFi network.
This project has proceeded in fits and starts for over a year, mainly in a few minutes stolen here or there or an hour or so on an occasional weekend. It has been slow because I have a family and a job -- you know, a real life beyond the hobby. And it's not even my main hobby.
Actually, what is my main hobby? ...
Anyway, I thought I'd start recording my work on a blog, since I don't really have notes of my progress to date. And then -- and this is the important part -- I'd make this blog public, in case anyone stumbles across it, finds something useful, and maybe -- if I can figure this out -- leave some feedback.
