HDD pet

Let's Make Robots Robots
1

hello all,long time no post. here is my new year building.the bot was driven by two solar se.

solar power vore

  • Control method: se
  • Sensors / input devices: solar cell * 2
  • Target environment: do it for fun
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/hdd-pet
2

Wow, only two solar cells?

Wow, only two solar cells? Can you please post more details about your HDD pet?

 

3

That design is beautiful
Those are cd’s right? From the name I thought those might be hard disk platters at first. That design is very nice. Does the robot simply roll forward when the caps discharge?

4

very good

Very good job!!!

please may you explain the solar-se-core.jpg  ?

5

**it is a solar engine **

http://faq.solarbotics.net/oscillate.html

i built it free form,colupe core driven two gear motor.the wheel made by 4 piece of scsi disk.

6

it can seek light

because the two solar cell and motor will work alone,the cell can be think as the bots eye.

7

The solar engine looks like

The solar engine looks like this one http://library.solarbotics.net/circuits/se_t1_fled.html