Hi, This robot is a six wheeled explorer robot. It has 4 solar panels two of them are 6 V 500 mA and the others 6V 250 mA. In addition to autonomous operation, it can also be controlled by RF remote control. It has 3 obstacle detecting sensors and a RF camera. The camera is placed on a mini servo motor so it can moved. Each wheel has its own dc motor. I have used strings for the parts that connect the motors to the robot's platform for its shock absorber system.
You can watch its video from this link http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=195890633773138
Explorer Robot
- Actuators / output devices: one servo, 6 geared motors in total
- Control method: autonomous, RF Remote Control
- CPU: pic16f628a, PIC16F877A
- Power source: solar battery (2x6v-500mA and 2x6v-250mA) and 12 v - 1A NimH battery
- Programming language: C
- Sensors / input devices: one LDR, 3 IR sensors, one camera
- Target environment: outdoor
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