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LCA2020 DingoCar source-backed

robotics hardware platform

Marc Merlin's first-hand report identifies the 2020 DingoCar as controlled by a Raspberry Pi and shows it as the hardware focus of the Open Hardware Miniconf.

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LCA2020 DingoCar
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robotics hardware platform
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source-backed
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LCA2020 DingoCar
Source
https://marc.merlins.org/perso/linux/post_2020-01-14_Linux_conf_au-Open-Hardware-Miniconf-2020_-Dingo-Car-with-Tensorflow-Video-Analysis-v2.html

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first-hand attendee writeup

LCA2020 DingoCar attendee writeup

Marc Merlin's Open Hardware Miniconf report documenting Raspberry Pi control, DingoCar assembly, software presentation, neural-network training, track driving, and self-driving outcome.

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lineage writeup

LCA2019 self-driving car predecessor

First-hand predecessor writeup used only for lineage context: Marc describes the 2019 Open Hardware Miniconf car as an onboard-camera, Raspberry Pi, TensorFlow-based self-driving project.

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schedule

linux.conf.au 2020 schedule

Official schedule source for the Gold Coast LCA2020 context, Open Hardware assembly workshop, DingoCar machine-learning platform session, and visual-perception session.

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Evidence Sources

linux.conf.au 2020 · retrieved 2026-05-15

Conference Schedule

Official source proving the January 2020 Gold Coast event, Open Hardware room, assembly workshop, DingoCar: A machine learning platform session by John Spencer, and DingoCar visual-perception session by Andy Gelme.

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