Bocks

Roams and avoids obstacles via ultrasound, looks around, plays little tunes, flashes LED, beeps when it backs up

  • Actuators / output devices: speaker, servo, two motors, LED
  • Control method: autonomous
  • CPU: Picaxe 28x1
  • Power source: 4.5V (3AA)
  • Programming language: Basic
  • Sensors / input devices: SRF05
  • Target environment: indoors

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/bocks

I love how the box has a
I love how the box has a DECORATE ME sticker :wink: Listen to the box and color it decorate!!! Great start! I love everyday items being repurposed for robots.

awesome bot. does it run?
awesome bot. does it run?

Oh yeah. I’m thinking

Oh yeah. I’m thinking flames! :wink:

The box made the build very, very easy. It’s thick enough that I was able to cut holes for the switch, led and rear wheel (using a caster wheel I found in the garage) and install them by snapping them in place, as they are meant to be (I’ll take better pics tomorrow). For the rest (batteries, board, speaker) I started by mounting things inside cleanly with double sided tape… Then after changing things enough times I figured ‘heck… it’s a box!’ and now everything just sits in there without being mounted in any way. I’m and endless tinkerer. That’s why I’m in love with header pins and jumper wires, and why I like the box.

 

Yes, it’s a functioning

Yes, it’s a functioning robot. Avoids obstacles, plays a lot of different noises (mostly 8-bit inspired), backs up and beeps and has some random behaviors like looking around, stops, narrow turns, etc…

I attacked the code at the top.