Inspiration/innovation in weaponry

[adamclark]

Now heavily into a 1kg unit that has 6 radial sonars driven by an arduino, compass, gyro and accelerometer, all feeding into a wifi raspberry pi with I2C on a lipo pack. Driving two 25mm motors with the ubiquitous Chinese eBay controller on 70mm skateboard wheels. 1kg to spare for spikey bodywork and should have the first autonomous hunter ready. Target is 2kg for a deploy and first units looking like a dinner plate spikey mine. Oh and they have fricking lasers as well.

Remote vision and recognition with the pi cam and openccv is well documented as an option.

Thinking here is that with 3 robotic judges and an educational remit from the Beeb, would I get a a selection for the next series. As a TV producer would I pick a big fat hardox remote control box driven by a nerd, or a complex autonomous machine overseen by a debonair swashbuckling raconteur controller of a fleet of mad robots