My line follower robot

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Hello, my line follower robot:

Components:

2 x Pololu 10:1 Micro metal gearmotor HP.
Baby Orangutan B-328.
QTR-8A Reflectance sensor array.
Pololu wheel 32x7 mm.
Pololu ball caster with 3/8" metal ball.
Pololu micro metal gearmotor bracket pair.
Pololu adjustable boost regulator 2.5-9.5 V.
3.7 V Lipo battery.

PD control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDNGH7b0P74
Average speed: 2.1 m/s (minimum bend radius: 30 cm)

The code, schematics, pcb: http://webdelcire.com/wordpress/archives/619

http://webdelcire.com/wordpress/archives/350 (spanish)

line follower

  • Actuators / output devices: 2 x micro metal gearmotor.
  • Control method: PD control.
  • CPU: Baby orangutan
  • Power source: lipo 3.7V, dc-dc
  • Programming language: C
  • Sensors / input devices: Reflectance sensor array
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/my-line-follower-robot-1
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wow

that is a rocket. I just finsished a line follower myself with arduino but I used the 100:1 gear motors from pololu and it travels much slower than that. I should still post it even though yours leaves mine in the dust.  :  )

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Wow! That’s fastest line

Wow! That’s fastest line follower i’ve ever seen!

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Impresionante!!! Very fast.

Impresionante!!! Very fast. I am always amazed at how something so simple as a line follower can still be so impressive when well done!

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They used a 10:1 gear ratio

They used a 10:1 gear ratio which would put the speed ten times faster if the same wheels were used.

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Wow, was that run at 2/3

Wow, was that run at 2/3 speed (velocidad=160) as in the code?  if so this thing can top 9 feet per second, very impressive!  Have you tried the 5:1 HP motors from pololu with any success?

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Hi, thx for the comments,

Hi, thx for the comments, the max speed (duty cycle) on the video is 62% (160/255).

I didn’t try the 5:1 HP motors, the max speed with the 10:1 HP motors is higher than the max speed that I can control.

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I see, now you have me

I see, now you have me contemplating a very fast/lightweight microbot, possibly with the 5:1 HP :slight_smile:

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robot zero manufacturing troubles

We didnot posses dc-dc converter what shold we have to do to reduce the weight

 

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you could try using two

you could try using two smaller lipo batteries in series to double the voltage supply

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we got baby orangutan b328

we got baby orangutan b328 but we are not having any usb programmer to burn the code… can u suggest anything to program the orangutan…

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Hello, Please could you make the code available again, thanks

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Hi, thanks for sharing this. May I know why this link webdelcire.com can’t be opened?