Crazy Robot

1st Stage - Robot Platform

This is my first robot. I use arduino Decimila for the brain and Tamiya twin motor gearbox. Sensor is Sharp IR connected to a servo. At this moment it is an obstacle avoidance robot.The robot will be use as a base for the later stage of my work. Already i have some problem with the robot. It seem that arduino seem to go crazy when i use battery to power it. I dont know what the prolem is. I am thinking maybe because i am using only a single 9v battery to power both the arduino and the motor.

 

2nd Stage (

Here, My plan is to make a wireless control robot using a pair of xbee for data transfer and put a camera on the robot. For the camera, i will be using my e51 mobile phone to send images via bluetooth and can be viewed on the computer using free wwigo software.The reason is i cant afford to buy CMU cam. I am waiting for my scholarship allowance to buy the arduino with xbees.

 

3rd Stage(Ideas)

I've been thinking maybe i could get roborealm software to grab the video from wwigo application and do some motion tracking with it. I have downloaded and test the roborealm software. So far the roborealm has been working well but i need to learn more. I've also tried to get the Roborealm to grab the feed from wwigo. So far no success yet. Any ideas are welcome.

 

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  • Actuators / output devices: one servo &Tamiya twin gearbox
  • Control method: kinda autonomous
  • CPU: Atmel 168
  • Operating system: Arduino Diecimila
  • Power source: 9V
  • Programming language: C
  • Sensors / input devices: Sharp GP2D120 IR sensor
  • Target environment: indoor

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

Batteries
dont use 9v batteries to power motors they will drain very quickly. use AA. 9v is way to much for those motors anyway they like 3-5v or so. What motor controller are you using, or are you using relays?

cool!

The bread board makes it look like it can fly lol. :smiley:

Nice job so far.

Is that an IR sensor? It is dark but looks like one. I am using a SRF05 ultrasonic for my first bot. :smiley:

DUH! LTR LOLGeek :slight_smile: it states that in your discription. Sharp IR

 

Good advice. Really
i’m a newbie. by the way Good advice. Really apreciate it. The motor controller i’m using is a L293D chip. Do you guys know what kind of connector i should use to connect the servo to the breadboard to make nice & clean connection instead of wires sticking into the servo connector?