Crawling McGregor
@ June 26, 2008
Crawl around, line crawling
- Actuators / output devices: An
- Control method: autonomous
- CPU: NXT brick
- Operating system: leJOS firmware
- Programming language: leJOS (java for lego mindstorms)
- Sensors / input devices: NXT Ultrasound sensor, NXT light sensors, NXT motor encoders
- Target environment: indoor, outdoor
This is just a strange thing that crawls around using its "arm". My ultimate goal is to add CMUCam3 and get the thing to follow some objects by crawling towards them. Locomotion is veeeery slow and suffers from bad traction of the arm. Initially I did use the claws that come with NXT kit as the end of the arm but they had zero traction so I decided to use the rubber wheel instead.
And yes, I do realize that in the title picture it looks like the robot has a serious hard-on :-D
@ Fri, 2008-06-27 17:21
Sarah Connor, you will be terminated!
Good idea with the voice sample, except that it'd use alle your memory.
/ vzz-clck-"Maneuver"
@ Fri, 2008-06-27 17:40
I think that with 256 KB
I think that with 256 KB flash memory and 64 KB ram there should be room enough to squeeze just a couple of 8-bit Arnold samples in there :-).
@ Fri, 2008-06-27 09:50
Great moves! Maybe a rachet
Great moves! Maybe a rachet on the rear wheels - that could keep it from slipping back when the arm is airborn. Or maybe a second arm! Excellent robot -
This migh be some inspiration - its one the size of a coke-can - you can throw it and it unfolds and starts crawling away
Damn, you cat is mellow ..
@ Fri, 2008-06-27 12:38
Awesome link! Actually my
Awesome link! Actually my robot was inspired by a co-worker talking about doing a terminator-arm-robot :-).
Maybe I should look into that second arm idea... it would be kind of cool!
Maybe the robot should also say something like: "Sarah Connor, you will be terminated!"
@ Fri, 2008-06-27 01:56
The cat is like HUH!
@ Fri, 2008-06-27 00:59
That is really cool
@ Fri, 2008-06-27 12:50
Yes I will definitely look
@ Thu, 2008-06-26 23:48
It sounds to me like the
It sounds to me like the front motor actually hits the ground before in the fully outstretched position. That can't be good for the plastic casing, I'd presume.
/ vzz-clck-"Maneuver"
@ Fri, 2008-06-27 12:48
It's just the crawling wheel
@ Fri, 2008-06-27 13:10
Oops