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RIP - Robot In Process

Posted on 30/04/2012 by dbirky
Modified on: 13/09/2018
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This is my first attempt at building a robot.  I drew it up on paper and thought I was pretty smart for using CD's as a chassis.  I hadn't looked up robot designs on the web, and imagine that...  I wasn't the first to do it this way!  At any rate, I purchased and scrounged parts, and over Christmas 2011 my boy and I assembled it.  It wasn't until this past weekend we programmed the Arduino and did a test run.  He thinks it's pretty cool to build robots with Dad. Not ...


RIP - Robot In Process

Testing the CDRbot

This is my first attempt at building a robot.  I drew it up on paper and thought I was pretty smart for using CD's as a chassis.  I hadn't looked up robot designs on the web, and imagine that...  I wasn't the first to do it this way! 

At any rate, I purchased and scrounged parts, and over Christmas 2011 my boy and I assembled it.  It wasn't until this past weekend we programmed the Arduino and did a test run.  He thinks it's pretty cool to build robots with Dad. Not bad for a 4 year old.

Ultrasonic and Tactile Sensors, line following

  • Control method: autonomous
  • Power source: 9V
  • Sensors / input devices: IR, ultrasonic, Bump Switches
  • Target environment: Primarily Indoors
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