School Project Segway

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Heey guys,

I've got a school project that requires me to build a simple robot from scratch.

I, liking a challenge and having a great idea, want to try building a segway like robot out of an old fish-oil tablet container.

This will be my first ever robot. I have no experience building an actual robot although I've been studying robot building for a while now.

Here's what I have inside my Design Document so far:

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"Concept:

 

I'm going to build a small Segway robot that can ride around and hopefully avoid objects using several types of sensors.

 

Hardware:

For the body I'm using an old fish oil tablet container. I removed the sticker by first drenching it in warm water and then cleaning the sticky glue substance off using a lot of turpentine.

 

The wheels will consist of the lids of the containers. The dimensions are:

diameter = 10cm

radius = 5cm

circumference = 2π5 = 31.4cm

 

this means that for every single turn of the motor the wheel should turn roughly 30cm forwards.

 

I want the motors to run at around 5V.

 

I will use either the L293 or L293D H-Bridge Motor Controller.

 

The control circuitry will be an Arduino.

 

Motors:

Gear Motor 3 - 224:1 90 Degree Shaft

http://www.solarbotics.com/products/gm3/

 

5DOF IMU:

http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9268

    IMU Analog Combo Board - 5 Degrees of Freedom IDG500/ADXL335

 

Possibly IR range sensors:

http://www.sparkfun.com/products/242

 

Possibly some vision systems such as an IR or sonar range finder.

1 Sharp Analogue InfraRed Range Finding System (AERS) with cable

http://www.solarbotics.com/products/35060/

 

 

For the software I will use the Arduino IDE installed on an Ubuntu laptop. To upload to the Microchip I will use the USB cable and port divided on the Arduino."

 

I will upload more information and pictures soon!

 

Please, if you have any tips or directions/links/resources etc. let me know!

 

Nothing yet

  • CPU: Arduino
  • Power source: 9 volt or 5 Volt battery system?
  • Sensors / input devices: 5DOF IMU
  • Target environment: indoor
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