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General Misc => Robot Videos => Topic started by: meanpc on January 19, 2012, 09:50:36 AM

Title: My first robot
Post by: meanpc on January 19, 2012, 09:50:36 AM

Hi, brand new member.  Here's my first robot that I'm currently working on:  there are videos on the blog page showing construction.

This is ClusterBot

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vzZE466UAQQ/TxamNVlj0vI/AAAAAAAACrk/UWTzpKOYgwM/s400/Cluster+bot+-+an+Arduino+robot+built+on+a+Pololu+round+robot+chassis.JPG)

http://www.meanpc.com/2012/01/pololu-round-robot-chassis-kit-25.html (http://www.meanpc.com/2012/01/pololu-round-robot-chassis-kit-25.html)

Title: Re: My first robot
Post by: meanpc on January 27, 2012, 03:15:43 AM

I've made some modifications to ClusterBot - I removed the round robot chassis and just used a square piece from a Meccano set.  I've also added Ultrasonic sensor functionality.  I threw a piezo speaker and an LED on him to make him a little more entertaining for the kids.  My 3 year old loves him.  When he doesn't detect an obstacle within the parameters I set, he runs straight and his LED stays on.  When he detect an object, he rotates left, the LED flashes, and the piezo speaker chirps in time with the LED.

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--K_2oj5k6so/Tx19xruI67I/AAAAAAAACr0/_fK6oA5akJc/s720/IMG_2601.JPG)

HC-SR04 Ultrasonic sensor - object avoiding Arduino robot. - ClusterBot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivvVy6KpTfU#ws)