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Hi everyone, This is my most recent project. It is a robot which uses two cheap drills’ motors, that I bought a while ago for my tank. I didn’t like using tracks, so on this one I’m using wheels. The motors are controlled by a arduino duemilanove using this motor driver board that I designed myself: Unfortunately I made a mistake on the design so I had to correct it with some wires… The only tests I did were using a wiimote and a processing application to remote control it, ...

Pião
Pião

Hi everyone,

This is my most recent project. It is a robot which uses two cheap drills’ motors, that I bought a while ago for my tank. I didn’t like using tracks, so on this one I’m using wheels.

The motors are controlled by a arduino duemilanove using this motor driver board that I designed myself:

Unfortunately I made a mistake on the design so I had to correct it with some wires…

The only tests I did were using a wiimote and a processing application to remote control it, but I hope to make it autonomous soon.

The motor holders were my first work with polymorph and are quite good :D

As you know, comments, ideas, questions and suggestions are always welcome! :)

Oh, the name comes from this Portuguese traditional toy.

I think that the mean in English of "Pião" is a "Top".

Actuators / output devices: drill motors
Control method: Wiimote using bluetooth, a processing application and serial communication
CPU: Arduino Duemilanove
Power source: 12V drill batteries
Programming language: Arduino, Processing
Target environment: Open areas

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