The Beetlebot
@ December 6, 2011
move forward and sense walls with it's antennas
Cost to build:
$15
Time to build:
1 hour
- Actuators / output devices: motors
- Control method: autonomous
- CPU: none
- Operating system: none
- Power source: aa batteries
- Programming language: none
- Sensors / input devices: SPDT switch
- Target environment: indoor
This robot uses two SPDT (single pull, double throw) switches, antennas, motors, and a battery pack. The antennas are connected to the switches, and so when the antennas hit a wall the relays then reverse the left motors direction until the switch is released (not touching the wall). Hope you enjoy!
@ Wed, 2011-12-07 01:46
Can you post a schematic for
Can you post a schematic for it? Talk about the componets you used to build it? Very cool :)
@ Wed, 2011-12-07 10:28
There are some good
There are some good schematics for this type of Beetlebot here http://makezine.com/images/12/beetlebot.html and there is an instrucatable here http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-a-Robot---The-BeetleBot/
@ Wed, 2011-12-07 15:21
Awesome :) I've been
Awesome :) I've been collecting quite a bit of info on Beam Robotics...much appreciated Sir.
@ Wed, 2011-12-07 00:27
hay nice
looks like it works well . do you have some clear close up pic's ?
@ Wed, 2011-12-07 00:36
sorry i dont
sorry i dont
@ Tue, 2011-12-06 23:37
sorry, i was not able to do
sorry, i was not able to do that much at the time, adding it now.
@ Tue, 2011-12-06 22:34
nifty
Vidio and pictures more details please ,