Need help for my project

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Hi ,
Myself Naveen in Toronto Canada.

I need to work on a project i.e to built a robot which is having 4 wheels and fork lift type arm to catch the balls and it is colour sensor one so that it catches only specific coloured balls and puts them in a bin .

These are details provided for me to do this job.

Can anyone help me how to start and do it .
I need suggestions as I am an electronics student and not a robotics.

Thanks a ton in advance .
Regards,
naveen
navikandimalla at gmail.com

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Hi Coleman Benson,
I really appreciate your reply deep from my heart.
I understood you reply and it is well clarified, but I need help that how to start my project…
i.e., from where should i start .
I think i have to work on the pcb board first, with the motors and next i have to embed the codes for the function of the motors and then with the color sensing thing .
Is it the correct way to deal with it.
And i do have one more doubt that how the front wheels of the robot with turn by them self if it doesnt detect the color of the ball.
And i do have few more doubts too…

Thanking you,
regards
Naveen Kandimalla

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HI Coleman Benson,

Thank you.

Will start with coding part and will let you know wen i am done with it.

Sincerely
Naveen Kandimalla

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Hi navikandimalla,

Welcome to the RobotShop Forum. You can probably use the Parallax Color Sensor to detect simple colors. You would need to connect this to a microcontroller. We have a selection of 4WD mobile platforms, though we suggest you choose one which can support the load you plan to add to it (will the bin be on the robot itself? If yes, how many balls would be inside and get an idea of the total weight). The “catching arm” sounds like it will need to be custom. To complete the robot, you would also need a dual motor controller, some extra wires and batteries.

Hope this helps,

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Hi navikandimalla,

Your focus will likely be the code on the microcontroller. The microcontroller represents the “brains” of your system and can only do as much as you program it to do. We suggest starting with the microcontroller and how to disctinguish colors using the colro sensor. Once you have done that, proceed with learning how to use a DC motor controller to run motors. Once you have sections of functional code, only then should you start to integrate everything together.

Sincerely,