M.E.T. – Mars Extraterrestrials

Recent posts

Power

19 November 2018

In our previous robot, in the 2018 Pi Wars, we used separate batteries for the electronics. This was an easy and reliable solution to avoid any interference from electrical noise generated by DC motors. But it’s not very efficient: the batteries will not discharge at the same rate – and just two would probably provide enough total capacity anyway. This time we want to reduce the weight and also save some space.

First Steps (Literally)

12 November 2018

The story of our new robot (Phantom) starts with a prototype: we are trying to validate our idea first, by using parts from a toy robot spider kit.

Coming soon…

4 November 2018

On the 1st of October, an alien visitor landed on planet Earth.