I set up the wiimote on the rasberry pi yesterday, using this old tutorial 1 and example python code. Worked right away, which is unusual for something on the pi written in python normally there are chains of dependencies. This is good step towards a raspberry pi robot, as for Number one son to be happy with it as a robot it would need a handheld controller. Lots of examples use a PS3 controller. We don't have one, but we do have Wii controllers, so glad this is working.
It's not a robot yet of course, we have the external inputs but it's tethered to the mains and no external outputs (wheels, spinning blade, giant flipping arm). I have the power pack so next step is a remotely controlled raspberry pi powered by batteries, then after that start adding some external gpio things (whatever I have lying around) then invest in some motors and things...
raspberry pi: Credit card sized super cheap computer, awesome.
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