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General Misc => Robot Videos => Topic started by: Radiken on May 16, 2007, 07:03:14 PM

Title: Line-avoiding robot
Post by: Radiken on May 16, 2007, 07:03:14 PM

Check out my new toy!
It was made form the mark III sumo board.
It uses 2 servos with differential drive and 3 IR detectors.

[youtube=425,350]1ymmmgDF-N0[/youtube]

Title: Re: Line-avoiding robot
Post by: Radiken on May 16, 2007, 07:04:04 PM

oops...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ymmmgDF-N0

there...

Title: Re: Line-avoiding robot
Post by: Brandon121233 on May 16, 2007, 07:21:27 PM

poor thing, your keeping it cramped up in a little virtual cage, give it some leg room!

edit: on a more seroius note- good job it looks great, and I like how you used 3 sensors to make the robot more effective at determining which way to go, and giving it more choices to better optimize its space. Good thinking

Title: Re: Line-avoiding robot
Post by: Admin on May 16, 2007, 07:37:15 PM

You should name it 'Mime (trapped in an invisible box)'

(http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/ama/lowres/aman21l.jpg)

ps - for the youtube links, just put the random letters '1ymmmgDF-N0' in the brackets, it wont work if you put the entire link in it

Title: Re: Line-avoiding robot
Post by: Radiken on May 22, 2007, 12:04:20 PM

Oh, by the way Admin, this uses the chopstick idea quoted in the $50 robot tutorial to mount the servos...

Title: Re: Line-avoiding robot
Post by: Admin on May 22, 2007, 12:18:49 PM

sweet! got pics of it? can I include them in the tutorial (with credit to you)?

Title: Re: Line-avoiding robot
Post by: Radiken on May 22, 2007, 07:20:02 PM

Sure, I'll send some over to you through e-mail.

Title: Re: Line-avoiding robot
Post by: Radiken on May 22, 2007, 07:32:55 PM

My e-mail isn't working, so I just post them here:


(http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/7449/pict0332lt0.th.jpg) (http://img48.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0332lt0.jpg)


(http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/344/pict0342ye3.th.jpg) (http://img48.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0342ye3.jpg)


(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4773/pict0346yy2.th.jpg) (http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0346yy2.jpg)



What I did was cut some chopsticks down to about 6 inches, and stuck them through the screw mounts on the side and taped it up. After that, there was enough room to put a piece of cardboard in between, put some Velcro on that, and put a 9 v. on it.

Title: Re: Line-avoiding robot
Post by: Admin on May 22, 2007, 08:27:25 PM

Ok I added your pics and quoted you on it :P

http://www.societyofrobots.com/step_by_step_robot_step2.shtml
(its somewhere in the very middle of the page)