Hello there,
Getting into robotics for me has been quite an experience. Your going to need a lot of time and patience, and money.
First off you need to find a Micro-controller that suits your needs. The micro controller is the “brain” of what will become your robot.
I personally use an Arduino micro controller, and the easiest to start up with in my opinion is the Arduino Uno. The arduino has a huge fanbase and has, again in my opinion, one of the more simple and robust programming languages.
To simplify, you’re going to need…
1 x Microcontroller (Arduino, Basic Stamp, Orangutan, Arc, etc.
1 x computer with proper compiler (the arduino comes with a free compiler)
Some basic coding experience, the knowledge to write
“int D2Pminus(float deg){
return(1500 - deg * 10);
}”
and know what it means.
The equipment, cables, and power supply.
A plan, the BRAT is the perfect beginning Biped, there are others though you don’t have to reinvent the wheel…
My first robot was a simple three wheeled rover that i added onto until it became very complex.
Trust me, when i bought enough parts to build my Scout (and i dont recommend you do that as a begging project) i thought it wouldnt be that hard, just throw some code together and BAM! Robot. It will be a long and very difficult but rewarding journey.
I have been working on my Scout for quite some time (6+months) and have only just completed the inverse kinematic algorithms… if i forgot to mention, you may need to know some higher level math if you plan on going down the IK path. Pete, i believe, does use an inverse kinematic algorithm to power his limbs.
Anyway, hope i havent scared you off, and let me know if i can help, or if i’m wrong in some way :mrgreen:
