Prototype Raspberry Pi race car
Channel: Ray Brooks
Date: 2013-02-16

A Raspberry Pi powered, wifi enabled, 1/12 scale Tamiya TL01 prototype autonomous/semi-autonomous race car. The car is controlled via a web page hosted on the car itself, which communicates with a computer using WebSockets over HTTP. The software running on the car is written using Node JS, Backbone and  which allows for autonomous control whilst providing real-time user feedback.

In this video I demonstrate some of the car's latest additions. New features include GPS, linear acceleration, angular acceleration and a 3D compass, all synced direct to browser. More detail is provided in the commentary.

UPDATE! I recently presented the robot at MLOC.JS in Hungary.

SLIDES: http://www.slideshare.net/rayui/scaling-into-meatspace-a-javascript-engineers-persepctive
VIDEO: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29300995