Ir controled robot with a basic stamp 2

[sean22]

Hi,

for a school project i made a robot that hits a ball around it works autonomously. how would i go about controlling it with ir or is there a better way than ir.

[Canabots]

I believe a method is shown in Robot Builder's Bonanza->Third Edition. It uses a TV remote and a BS2.

[SmAsH]

erm... what do you mean by "hits a ball around"?
like kicks or throws?

[sean22]

It hits a ball with a uhh stick attached to a servo

[SmAsH]

ahh ok, now i understand... what aspects do you require help with?

@canabots, i have the 1st and 2nd editions of those books! why!!

[sean22]

i have the autonomous part done. but i cannot find figure out how to wireless control the robot.

[Canabots]

@canabots, i have the 1st and 2nd editions of those books! why!!

I got the 3rd Edition mostly because it was the only one available to me at that time. If I had a choice now though, I probably would've gotten the 2nd Edition since it looks at many varieties of Microcontrollers. Fortunately, the original edition is available at my local library, so I can look at that whenever I want Though it is nice that I have a book with plenty of reference to the BS2, considering the first robot I had was a BS2 driven TAB Sumobot.

@sean22: I believe the book "123 Robotic Experiments for the Evil Genius" has an example for TV remote control too, considering the book is based around the BS2 also. I also found this from a quick google search: http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/prod/compshop/IRremoteAppKit.pdf  It might give you some more insight to this method of control.

Actually, this is a perfect example, it explains alot and gives code examples, not to mention the circuit is way simpler than in robot builder's bonanza