My "Start here" bot

i finally got around to finishing it and making a video. It would have had a servo except i brought it into school for a demo on friday. I was thinking of adding my Ping as the object sensor and using the sharp for edges. The wheels are from a lego mindstorms kit and it the same chassis as my RC bot. I ordered wheels from solarbotics but they wont be here till next week. The two PCB's are just wires hooked up to header pins so that i didnt have to cut any of my female to female wires. The codes just something i whipped togeather in like 10 minutes so its not exactly flawless, but i dont care. Im happy i finally finished this and I can now move on to more advanced projects. Ill keep you guys posted.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/my-start-here-bot-2

DUDE!
that pwns, man. Love the Lego wheels :), Lego does make quality wheels, you have to admit. If you ever come to a point where you think your robot looks like crap, just remember that I haven’t really posted any robots… they’re mostly Scotch tape and VEX wire ties. someday, I might actually plan a chassis and build a nice one

that’s me
I just noticed how random my comment seems. (sigh)

(hyperventilating)
forgot the stars!

lol thanks dent. About the
lol thanks dent. About the chassis; i’ve been having the same porblems. Mines made out of a sheet of shapelock as are most of the parts on this. Hard to find the right parts.

Most people here make a
Most people here make a chassis out of materials that aren’t meant to be a chassis: paint sticks, shapelock, sandwitch containers, etc.

this is my code

this is my code i used for my robot. i too did not use a servo so i made a code that would act like a servo and should turn your robot both ways and decides which is better.

symbol dangerlevel= 84

Main:

readadc 0,b0

if b0<dangerlevel then

low 4: high 5: low 6: high 7

goto main

else

label_1:readadc 0,b0

end if

high 4: low 5: high 6: low 7

if b0>75 then

goto label_1

else

low 4: high 5: high 6: low 7

pause 500

readadc 0, b0

high 4:low 5: low 6: high 7

pause 1000

readadc 0,b1

low 4: high 5: high 6: low 7

pause 500

end if

if b0<b1 then

low 4: high 5: high 6: low 7

pause 500

goto main

else

high 4:low 5: low 6: high 7

pause 500

end if

goto main

oh cool, thanks. My bots
oh cool, thanks. My bots actually at school right now but as soon as i get it back ill test it out.

Awesome! Well done with the
Awesome! Well done with the code too. What sensor is that?

thanks : ). The sensor is

thanks : ). The sensor is just a regualr Sharp infared sensor, i got it from sparkfun

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8959

nice! i’d just say to add
nice! i’d just say to add one little wheel on the back cause in the video it looks like it is dragging