to mark as completed Scrap2-D2
This is my version of the famous R2D2.
It strolls around, moves its head back and forth and makes Star Wars sounds...
Apart from the motors and microcontroller, everything is made out of junk: Scrap, leftovers and dismantled parts.
For example, the head is made of a Maraca (Rumba Shaker). The body was a water pipe in its previous life and the legs were tongue depressors (unused - I hope).
The brain is a PICAXE 08M, programmable via a socket at the back of the robot. Muscles are two cheap 9g servos and one gear motor (GM3).
What's left:
1. Install a cliff sensor (actually, it already has one: When it senses the end of the table it automatically falls down...)
2. Create/Find real R2D2 sounds for the PICAXE - Any pointers will be most welcome!
3. Recharge circuit for the batteries.
Strolls around, moves its head back and forth and makes Star Wars sounds...
- Actuators / output devices: 2x 9g Servos + 1x GM3 Gear motor
- CPU: picaxe 08M
- Power source: 4xNiHM Batteries
- Programming language: Picaxe basic
- Target environment: indoors