is fast approaching, and this year’s theme surrounds the exciting technological advancements in agriculture! Open to all ages and experience levels, teams will go up against a series of challenges designed to test their robotics skills and ingenuity. With exciting techie prizes up for grabs, ranging from USB drives to Raspberry Pis to add on boards, there are many reasons to enter this year!

Teams have the task of creating robots powered by a Raspberry Pi, which compete against each other in several non-destructive events. Challenges range from collecting cardboard apples to herding tiny cattle – this agri-tech competition is inspired by the incredible machines controlling the world’s farms!

This year’s competition runs online over a single weekend in July 2022. As submissions are being taken by video, Pi Wars have implemented an innovative system that allows competitors to build arenas at home. With , anybody can make the standardised arenas using very cheap, accessible materials such as cardboard. One of the tasks even involves creating a custom obstacle course, as Flurybots did below!

Over the past few years, Tindie has been very involved in Pi Wars and greatly supports their ingenious ideas! Our own  and had a great time seeing the competition live. Many sellers on Tindie have also participated in the competition.

Brian from  won Pi Wars in 2016 and 2017 with his , sold , and has written a . s Leon created a  for the 2020 winners, and Neil from  gave a great  in 2021.

Typically based in Cambridge, UK,  are an ongoing international robotics events organisation with a high reputation for fun, non-destructive competitions. Remember to get your applications in before the 23rd of October 2021, using the Pi Wars , and get building!