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This is the start of "Plank." My first successful attempt at a robot. The base is made from a 3mm thick 4x12 inch piece of plywood. Wheels are model airplane wheels bolted on to servo horns. I modified two Futaba servos for continous rotation for locomotion. The tail wheel is a tamiya ball caster. I tried a couple of other casters but they were either too heavy or they didn't rotate well. For sensors I have a Sharp IR sensor (GP2D120) for close range object detection. There are two ...
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