Ian Renton
Software engineer and builder of robots
Bournemouth, UK
Hi! I’m Ian Renton. By day, I am a software and systems engineer in the naval defence industry, specialising in command & control of autonomous vehicles and communications networks. By night I build robots and web applications, alongside being a husband, father and amateur cook.
Here’s some of the projects I’ve done over the years:
Raspberry Tank
The Raspberry Tank was possibly the first tank-like robot powered by a Raspberry Pi. It’s smartphone- or laptop-controlled, streams video from its webcam, fires plastic pellets and can navigate autonomously.
Quadcopter
Because the Raspberry Tank was just too… incapable of lift, here’s a quadcopter! Yes, it also has a Raspberry Pi on it.
USV-01 “Harry Paye”
USV-01 “Harry Paye” is an off-the-shelf remote control boat refitted as a testbed for our military-grade autonomous navigation system.
All-Terrain Pi
The All-Terrain Pi is a “off-road” remote control toy fitted with a Rasbperry Pi, controllable from Scratch or by touch/tilt input from a smartphone.
Lego Turtle
The Lego Turtle is an Arduino microcontroller retro-fitted onto an old Lego Mindstorms kit. It features a built-in interpreter for simple Logo programs loaded via the serial port.
Linux on Linx 1010B Tablet
A guide on how to install Linux, plus a few bonus operating systems, on the low-cost Linx 1010B Windows tablet.
More Hardware & Robotics »
Roast Dinner Timing Chart
Javascript magic to help you cook the perfect Sunday roast.
Sea Battle
A quick-and-dirty 2D RTS game inspired by the unit customisation mechanics of Warzone 2100.
More Software » More Websites »
Career Explorer
“Career Explorer” is my online CV, an interactive map where you can pan around to see where I’ve been and what I’ve done in my professional career. I also have a more formal CV online.
Film Reviews (by the Numbers)
By the combined powers of Netflix and cheap cider, the Saturday Night Shenanigans crew presents… largely incoherent mocking of films!