Boxxy

Here we have Boxxy, my SHR. I had originally intended to give it a nice plexi-glass chassis; however, I chose instead to use an old cellphone box. There's something beautiful about being able to crank out a custom chassis in a matter of minutes only using scissors and a stapler :). At first, I had used the set of gear motors which came with the kit, but later swapped them for a set of modded servos I had lying around.

Also you'll notice that one of the pictures displays a wheel with a pad of double sticky tape rubbing on it. This was to create drag because the servo had no pulse value that made it stop (completely).

Navigates via IR

  • Actuators / output devices: 3 servos
  • Control method: Picaxe 28x1
  • Power source: 4 x AA Rechargeables
  • Programming language: Basic
  • Sensors / input devices: Sharp IR
  • Target environment: indoor

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

Oh, in Picaxe you can also

Oh, in Picaxe you can also set the servo pin to LOW, which will turn off the servo completely. It won’t hold it in place, though.

Do I use servo pin, LOW or

Do I use servo pin, LOW or LOW pin?

Disregard my last comment I

Disregard my last comment I figured it out. Thanks for the help :).