Woody -The Line Following Robot

This is my first robot, a line follower.

I got the idea and schematic from David Cook's book 'Robot Building for Beginners' at robotroom.com. Great book for first timers.

Line follower

  • Control method: Comparator
  • CPU: LM393 Comparator
  • Power source: 9v battery
  • Sensors / input devices: LDRs
  • Target environment: Indoors is best

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/woody-the-line-following-robot

Pretty awesome, it does
Pretty awesome, it does pretty well. Have you tried anything else from "Robot Building" ?

No, that’s all I’ve done so

No, that’s all I’ve done so far. My next project will be a more complicated one, I’ll be following the project on the ‘Start here’ link on this site.

In New Zealand parts are expensive, so I need to research the cost effectiveness of using overseas suppliers. Also I can’t seem to find a supplier for the Sharp infrared ranger in NZ. So will have to use the SRF05.

But first I need some help with a project that I want to complete regarding building a flashing light for my bicycle that will be running via PICAXE 08. But I will start a new post for that.

Joe