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Software => Software => Topic started by: maklay28 on January 17, 2009, 01:41:47 PM

Title: program the robot
Post by: maklay28 on January 17, 2009, 01:41:47 PM

i am new in this stuff, i made an easy remote controled robot for my sience clss and now i want to continue this hobby, but i want to make a robot that does everything by himself, so what do i need to start programing (softwear?, special cables?, special recievers?) please help me

Title: Re: program the robot
Post by: frodo on January 17, 2009, 01:44:13 PM

you need to download the AVR studio and other programs off of the 50 dollar robot tutorial. buy the AVRISP2 IN-SYSTEM PROGRAMMER MK2 RC. program it to do what you want it to do.

eg,
*  light sensing/photovore/photophobe
*  camera vision
*  distance finding (sharp IR range finding, Sonar)

Title: Re: program the robot
Post by: Razor Concepts on January 17, 2009, 01:51:51 PM

You won't be using a receiver since it will be autonomous - instead a microcontroller will be controlling everything. The $50 robot tutorial will explain everything.

Title: Re: program the robot
Post by: frodo on January 17, 2009, 01:53:50 PM

oh no, not another autonomous robot.  :-\

Title: Re: program the robot
Post by: clone on January 18, 2009, 12:31:09 AM

i am very new myself to the robot thing... but from what i've been able to figure out... you want to get yourself a programmable microcontroller.. so you can have inputs from sensors and outputs to devices like motors.  There are many microcontrollers on the market, but the one i found to start with is the arduino board.  its a simple board that allows u to connect it to ur computer with a usb wire, and program it using a language much like C.

Title: Re: program the robot
Post by: Admin on January 31, 2009, 11:28:13 PM

http://www.societyofrobots.com/step_by_step_robot.shtml