{"id":5,"date":"2020-12-30T19:49:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T19:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meatpie\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2021-03-06T11:23:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T11:23:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/snersbots.co.uk\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"\u26c4 Sners Bots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/meatpie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20170826_063832_sma.jpg\" alt=\"A little wheeled robot called Skania\" class=\"wp-image-25\" width=\"188\" height=\"333\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1b1b5b\"><span style=\"color:#1b1b5b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">So how hard can it be to build a housebot?&nbsp;Turns out it is extremely difficult. So we are starting at the very beginning and learning.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OK looking back at my posts so far, I guess I may as well point out that I am absolutely brilliant at starting projects. Wish I could finish a few&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you know what a Hull Pixel Bot is, you might be able to tell that Skania is an early version. Many thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robmiles.com\">Rob Miles<\/a> for the 3D printed parts and lots of encouragement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020 I was no longer able to attend the regular meetup. Without the encouragement of my peers, my electronics projects got put down one by one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was <a href=\"https:\/\/lucyrogers.com\">Dr Lucy Rogers <\/a>who pulled me back into it. Can&#8217;t remember if it was her Hackspace column, or on the <a href=\"https:\/\/embedded.fm\">Embedded<\/a> podcast &#8211; yes I listen to old ones. She said you have to have encouragement. If nothing else, at least do a blog. This website has really pulled me back into it. Not only do I have a place to show and tell. But I can also go back to a half-done project, and I can see where I am up to. Thank you Lucy &#8211; you are an inspiration. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So how hard can it be to build a housebot?&nbsp;Turns out it is extremely difficult. So we are starting at the very beginning and learning. OK looking back at my posts so far, I guess I may as well point out that I am absolutely brilliant at starting projects. Wish I could finish a few&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/snersbots.co.uk\/index.php\/about\/\">The full story here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snersbots.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snersbots.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snersbots.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snersbots.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snersbots.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/snersbots.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406,"href":"https:\/\/snersbots.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snersbots.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snersbots.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}