picBot - "the Beast"
@ February 10, 2010
doesn't look fancy, it does drive around and can bump into obstacles
Cost to build:
$75
Time to build:
20 hours
URL to more information:
Weight:
400 grams
- Actuators / output devices: Tamiya twin gearbox controlled with a l298d motordriver
- Control method: autonomous
- CPU: microchip pic18f4550
- Power source: battery pack 7, 2v
- Programming language: C
- Sensors / input devices: bumper switches
- Target environment: indoor
This was my fist prototype that ended up being the AdMoVeo robot.
The first exploration for the current design started with an earlier platform, based on a within the faculty of Industial Design developed microcontroller-board based on a Microchip PIC8F4550, used in the assignment Microcontrollers.
This explorative platform called PicBot was to hard to program (for designers) and would need a lot of support form the technical staff. The platform contained besides the microcontroller two geared motors with wheels mounted on a chassis, on top of that a PCB with a motor driver, some switches as collision sensors and a battery pack mounted on the backside.