DIY Robocars@diyrobocars

DIY autonomous cars, from 1/16th scale to go-karts to full-size. Racing, hacking, and more. DIYRobocars.com

 Berkeley, CA
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Our next @diyrobocars event will be an AI navigation hackathon at @circuitlaunch in Oakland on Sun. Aug 30. You bring a small autonomous car of any sort (Donkeycar is a good start, but anything with a camera will do) and then over the course of the day you'll figure out how to use AI to help it navigate the city. There will be "roads" with signs and intersections. First to make it from one side to the other wins! luma.com/rzb0plq0 via @LumaHQ
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If you're looking for a smaller car for smaller tracks, consider the LaTrax 1:18 scale ones, which work great with the Donkeycar RC hat diyrobocars.com/2026/01/20/a…

A good Donkeycar option for smaller tracks

If you're looking for a car that's a bit smaller and easier to handle than the Exceed Magnet for Donkeycar, the 1:18th scale LaTrax Rally (https://amzn.to/45jWFDD) is great. Brushed motor, easy to...

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If you're looking for a RC car to use with Donkeycar, the 1:18 scale LaTrax Rally is the right size for smaller tracks and works great with the RC Hat diyrobocars.com/product/rc-h… amzn.to/45jWFDD
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Our next race is Feb 21 at UCSD: meetup.com/diyrobocars/event…

Outdoors racing at UCSD, Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 10:00 AM | Meetup

We're back at the campus of UCSD in San Diego with Professor Jack Silberman and his students. We're racing outdoors, so this primarily for cars using GPS, ideally RTK. Don

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New post on using the latest @sparkfun RTK modules with Donkeycar diyrobocars.com/2025/11/12/e…

Evaluating the Quectel LG290P GNSS RTK Receiver and the Micoair LR900-F LoRa

I was recently given a Quectel LG290P GNSS RTK Receiver and a Micoair LR900-F LoRa to evaluate for use as a Rover in combination with an appropriate Base Station for outdoor autonomous RC car...

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Latest post at @diyrobocars: how to make a DIY autonomous lawnmower diyrobocars.com/2024/02/04/a…

A DIY Autonomous Robotic Lawnmower

Whoa, wait a minute! Isn't this a Robo Car website? True, but wouldn't it be nice to have an autonomous lawnmower to save you from spending time mowing your lawn and therefore give you more free time...

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DIY Robocars retweeted
Akira Sasaki
@gclue_akira
28 Dec 2023
Jet Donkey Car
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First new post on diyrobocars.com for a while, thanks to guest writer Tom Coyle diyrobocars.com/2023/12/28/u…
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Great way to end 2023 by the @donkey_car team: the official release of software version 5.0 with a long list of bugfixes and these feature updates: cc @diyrobocars github.com/autorope/donkeyca…
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Here's the latest updates from the Donkeycar autonomous car racing project, including: -New software version 5.0 with simplified pip install process -Fancy training UI to optimize the end-to-end deep learning -Support for easier-to-find RC cars donkeycar.substack.com/p/nov…
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Donkey Car@donkey_car
21 May 2023
Donkey Car got a nice mention in @tomshardware tomshardware.com/news/donkey…

Donkey Car Python Library Powers Self Driving Raspberry Pi Cars

'Train neural net pilots to drive your car'

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MPCC Simulation environments in C++ and Matlab of the Model Predictive Contouring Controller (MPCC) for Autonomous Racing developed by the Automatic Control Lab (IfA) at ETH Zurich github.com/alexliniger/MPCC
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Donkey Car@donkey_car
20 Nov 2023
New Donkey Car Newsletter CC: @chr1sa @DirkPrange @tawnkramer open.substack.com/pub/donkey…
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Daniel Chia@DanielChiaJH
23 Oct 2023
piped.video/watch?v=XQIu5tZ0… So.. @a1k0n - fan assisted @diyrobocars to get sub 8s runs?

0-100 in less than a second. And I'm driving.

AMZ Racing's "mythen" holds the world record for electric vehicle a...

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Donkeycar 4.4 released with tons of new features, including path learning (useful with GPS outdoors), better Web and Lidar support and lots of bug fixes. github.com/autorope/donkeyca… See it race at @circuitlaunch on Dec 10 meetup.com/diyrobocars/event… @donkey_car @diyrobocars

Release Donkey Car 4.4.0 · autorope/donkeycar

What's Changed 989 namespace drivetrain configurations by @Ezward in #994 Fix torch imports for rpi by @DocGarbanzo in #1004 Set LOG_LEVEL environment variable to set log level by @Ezward in #...

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NXP@NXP
24 Nov 2022
We are already biting our nails in anticipation of the #NXPCupEMEA challenge! 😉 Did you know there are great cash prizes to be won? Form your team now: nxpcup.nxp.com/ @ElectromakerIO
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Akira Sasaki
@gclue_akira
24 Nov 2022
レースまであと3日。今回のコースは激ムズかも。あと一歩 #jetracer
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UC Berkeley's DIY robocar program roar.berkeley.edu/

Home

Visit the post for more.

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The next @DIYRobocars autonomous car race at @circuitlaunch will be on Sat, Dec 10. Thrills, spills and a Brazilian BBQ. Fun for all ages! Spectators: meetup.com/diyrobocars/event… Competitors: meetup.com/diyrobocars/event…

SPECTATORS: Quarterly race at Circuit Launch (and Brazilian BBQ), Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 10:00 AM |...

Our quarterly indoors race. It's fiendishly hard & crashtastic fun. Combines hairpin curves with an intersection for maximum danger. Take that, naïve AI and hacky line-foll

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Donkey car platform ... Still training uses behavioral cloning #TCXpo #diyrobocar @OttawaAVGroup
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