Multipurpose Robot: XRB3
XRB3 is powered by an AVR ATMEGA324P micro controller on a custom board that I made. Although he is fully autonomous, he is using an XBEE module to communicate with my PC for debugging (and eventually with other robots). Onboard sensory includes: 3 Sharp IR sensors (for wall following and obstacle detection), an SRF-05 sonar sensor and AVRcam. The sonar, a gp2d12, and the camera are mounted in a 2-axis head. He also has quadrature encoders on each wheel, I currently have code implemented for closed loop turns and rolling forward a set distance, but have yet to do continuous speed control.
This is intended to be my map-making test platform. He currently does have an onboard planner that, when given an a priori topological map of an area, can navigate the area. I'm still working out the bugs in his ability to actually build the topological map of an area.







@ Fri, 2008-11-14 09:16
Featured on MAKE :)
@ Wed, 2008-11-12 22:37
I likw this bot :)good work
I likw this bot :)
good work
@ Mon, 2008-11-10 16:13
Nice
Nice design. I really like the object following / tracking vid. Very smooth
I like the maze too.
@ Mon, 2008-11-10 07:04
Wow
So much and so cool!
@ Mon, 2008-11-10 02:27
Nice! I really like your
@ Mon, 2008-11-10 02:54
Maze
Yep, that is a replica of the Trinity Fire Fighting Arena, in my basement. Although I have also made extra walls for reconfiguring the maze.
-Fergs
@ Mon, 2008-11-10 04:12
Nice, that's pretty cool.
@ Mon, 2008-11-10 04:23
This bot doesn't do
This bot doesn't do firefighting, but one of my other bots does: http://www.blunderingbotics.com/xrb4.php
I've reused this maze many times for multiple purposes other than just the fire-fighting.
-Fergs
@ Mon, 2008-11-10 06:38
Cool, just noticed the ARC1.1 board
@ Mon, 2008-11-10 01:14
Wasnt this robot at