I took some pictures of the robot base I have for this project, but I had a problem with putfile so I’ll post the pictures latter. The Base is HUGE wich will give me plenty room for expantion latter on.
I want to keep a limited budjet on this robot because I want to keep my money for a latter more important project.
One problem I have is that I don’t know the specifications of the motor (how many amps it uses etc.) so I don’t know with what I can control it.
I wish to control the robot with the mini-ABB (BASIC atom), SSC-32, I would like to create my own motor controller, it just need to control 1 motor with 9V.
I think will buy two IR range finders soon. Do you guys think I could map a room like this? (of course it would be very rough conception.)
I could connect this to my computer so that the servo would move like 5 degrees, take the distance, woudl there be a way of sending the info back to my computer to run a program to creat a “map”.
Maybe with like those blueSMIRF things? Could it be connected to the ABB?
I’m not sure as far as using the sensors you have but if you plan to develop the software to create the map from the readings, that is 95% of the work.\
Can’t wait to see a pic. I have a large database of motors and specs. If you can give me some numbers off it, I might be able to find out what it is.
So, I have room for expantion The top was just an add-on I did (after trying so many times with plexy class to have a clear top… ) I would like to do it in lexan, or use one of the old LM add-on deck for the rovers that had already made servo holes, because it’s pretty hard for me do holes like that.
The only tutorial I see is for blueSMIRF and the SSC-32, can it work with the mini ABB?
Ok… So I think I will start with somehting less demanding, I’ll try just to make a IR range finder and create maps on my computer. I’ll order a IR range finder and continue the process from there.
I’ll create my own IR range finder with more distance when I’m getting at a higher level of programing.
If you’re interested in IR mapping you might want to check out my ARM project posted in the projects section. While I haven’t finished it yet the initial mapping tests I’ve done seem to show that I’ve gotten a lot of the bugs worked out.
The top was just an add-on I did (after trying so many times with plexy class to have a clear top… 
) I would like to do it in lexan, or use one of the old LM add-on deck for the rovers that had already made servo holes, because it’s pretty hard for me do holes like that.