Mini Robot Rover

Posted on 27/01/2016 by steelsquid
Modified on: 13/09/2018
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This is my smallest robot 20x20cm and 9cm hight.You can control it via WIFI like the other robots but this also has 8 HC-SR04 distance sensors.The distance will show on the screen (larger red semicircles means the object is closer).   Steelsquid Kiss OSRaspberry PiSeelsquid PIIO BoardRaspberry Pi CameraMini Servo to tilt camera Connected to the servo controller on the PIIO board4 DC-motors Connected to the small motor driver on the PIIO board8 HC-SR04 distance sensors The ECHO ...


Mini Robot Rover

This is my smallest robot 20x20cm and 9cm hight.
You can control it via WIFI like the other robots but this also has 8 HC-SR04 distance sensors.
The distance will show on the screen (larger red semicircles means the object is closer).

 

Check the video where I drive around the house to find exciting things like cats and dust bunnies :-)

I thought also to use a 4 Channel Infrared Obstacle Avoidance Sensor to detect if a edge is close to the car but that did not work so well. Depending on how reflective the surface was it gave false signals...


  • CPU: Raspberry Pi
  • Programming language: Python
  • Sensors / input devices: HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor
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