CD-BOT
@ July 20, 2011
Navigates around via ultrasound
Time to build:
3 hours
URL to more information:
- Actuators / output devices: motors
- CPU: motoruino
- Power source: 9.6V battery pack
- Programming language: Arduino
- Sensors / input devices: SRF05 Ultra Sound
- Target environment: flat surfaces
This is a very simple robot which only has two wheels made of old CDs. Its brain is a motoruino and uses a sonar to detect and avoid the obstacles. On the video you can watch him navigating around, using the battery wire as a support to keep the balance.
@ Sat, 2011-07-30 02:34
Nice looking! I always
Nice looking! I always wanted to build a CD bot :) Maybe one day...
@ Wed, 2011-07-20 04:13
Wheels
I'm not sure how good your traction is with such a small contact surface. Have you tried splitting a lenth of rubber tubing and putting it around the disc?
@ Wed, 2011-07-20 10:23
It works well like that, the
It works well like that, the speed and the weight of the battery compensates the leak of contact.
I think that if I did that I would have to reduce even more the speed of the motors by PWM. At full speed it would fly :D