This robot is named for the main character in the song "Baby Brother" by the White Stripes, although I have yet to get it to crawl on the ceiling, swim underwater, or fly. He does track to light nicely, and with his whiskers avoids most obstacles. His brain is a PIC 16F684 micro-controller programmed in assembly language. The power supply is boost-regulator and motor control is a dual H-bridge, both purchased commercially. The motor brackets and wheels are also commercial parts and the rest is surplus and recycled scrap all put together with point to point wiring on perf-board. He's about 75 mm in diameter and about 60 mm tall to the top of his eyes.
Draws interesting patterns using light sensitive behavior.
- Actuators / output devices: 2 mini dc gear motors
- Control method: fully autonomous
- CPU: PIC 16F684
- Operating system: N/A
- Power source: 2 AAA cells through a boost regulator
- Programming language: Assembler
- Sensors / input devices: Whiskers, light sensitive resistors
- Target environment: dedicated robot playground
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/b-bro-1-1