Robot Charlie

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After some testing with Robot Bravo I realized that it would be helpful to have some other sensors to supplement the camera based vision. I built a new platform with two sonar and two IR sensors. Here is video of Charlie operating with only those four sensors. The camera is not used. Now I have a much better platform to dig deeper into vision processing for object detection, navigation, etc.

  • Actuators / output devices: pre-modified servos
  • Control method: autonomous
  • CPU: Blackfin BF537
  • Power source: 8x AAA NiMH
  • Programming language: C
  • Sensors / input devices: camera, Maxbotix EZ1, Sharp GP2Y0D810Z0F
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/robot-charlie
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Nice work, no doubt having
Nice work, no doubt having those ultrasonic sensors equipped significantly reduces the processing load on the image analysis modules.
Is that a mouse scroll wheel I see at the back of Charlie?

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Yes, the rear caster is a

Yes, the rear caster is a mouse scroll wheel and a safety pin.

charlie_caster.jpg