So much for Sumo

Sumo going well

We had a special Hardware Meetup last night. We had some special guests and the idea was to have them writing programs that would allow two robots to sumo wrestle.

It didn’t quite work out that way though. My software was a bit more buggy than I thought. Mind you, most first versions of software don’t survive their collision with real life. I left with a lot of things to fix and a determination to not let out any wobbly software ever again. I wonder how long that will last?

A rat on a spit

I love Hull Makerspace. I particularly like the way that it lets people take an idea and a big chunk of determination and then make something amazing. One of the folks that looks after the place fancied building a “rat on a spit”. So they did. This was the cue for laser cutting, circuit building, mechanical construction, 3D design of a rat, painting, finishing and finally a working artifact. If you’ve got any ideas that you fancy making real, you should take them down there.