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By vrossi
@ September 29, 2011
Autonomous rolling robot, based on Parallax Boe-Bot, using two boards and microcontrollers.
URL to more information: 
http://www.robotinfo.net/index.php/basic-stam...

 

The main goal of this project was to develop an autonomous rolling robot, based on Parallax Boe-Bot, but using two boards and microcontrollers.

  • It uses only standard, relatively cheap, Parallax parts (Board Of Education boards with Basic Stamp 2 microcontroller and several sensors and actuators).
  • It can communicate with the user by: 

      * Displaying information on its Serial LCD.
      * Talking through a TTS (Text To Speech) device.

  • It may be given a goal to be reached:

      * Photophile (search for a place where lighting is above a certain level)

      * Photophobe (search for a place where lighting is below a certain level)

  • It can move around by using wheels or the Boe-Bot Tank Tread Kit.
  • It can detect obstacles by using an Ultrasonic Range Finder.
  • It can avoid falling downstairs by using an Infrared Emitter and Receiver.
  • It can stop and change direction when its horizontal or vertical inclination is too steep.
  • It can detect temperature and humidity.
  • It can display, at user request, all its sensors info.

Here is a detailed documentation: http://www.robotinfo.net/pdf/ABBot%20Advanced%20Boe%20Bot%201_0.pdf

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By jped
@ Sun, 2011-10-02 16:00

This is nice how long did it take u to build it?

By Crazyrabbit
@ Fri, 2011-09-30 08:35
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 Excellent job and great docs. I reciently got a text to speech board off ebay, but it just goes nuts calling out random words. I gave up on it for a while. It is good to see some BS2 people coming here. Except for the Prop. I have no intrest in learning other languages right now. I am a better with electronics and robot building then programming for sure. Do they still make text to speech modules compatable with the BS2 and prop? I did find a emic text to speech object from the Parallax object exchange.

By zappman
@ Thu, 2011-09-29 22:11
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Hi vrossi,

I wanted to say thank you for sharing your ABBOT robot code and the details of your build. It was though your generosity that I was able to build my ZappBot Tank-Tread robot.

Regards,

zappman