A 15 Minute Robot
@ February 1, 2009
Time to build:
0.25 hours
Weight:
20 grams
- Actuators / output devices: 3 SG90 micro servos
- Control method: very non-autonomous
- CPU: Arduino Duemilanove
- Power source: USB
| Attachment | Size |
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| Walker.txt | 3.01 KB |
Hi!
This is my second experiment with my just arrived Arduinoboard and servomotors. It´s not really a robot, all it can do is walking forward and backward, while his heart and brain must be carried behind him. The body is made from three SG-90 micro servos which were glued together using doublesided tape. The legs are bend from a piece of welding rod and taped onto the servohorns. The front and backmotors move the legs forth and back while the middle motor lifts the legs up. This creature can be made in 15 minute and disassembled in two.
I´m new to all this servo and coding stuff, so i posted the code to hear some critics about the code. I dont like the way i am controlling the servos.
@ Tue, 2009-02-03 10:35
Wicked Video, very, very
@ Wed, 2009-02-04 12:52
Thanks for the comments !!!
Thank you all for your positiv feedback. ´Bout the video, hm, the bot itself was a bit simple, so i had to to make a nice package. The soundtrack was especially done for this bot.
@ LOLGeek: I inserted a "let´s make Robots" note at the beginning and the end. If we want the robots to take over the world, it´s important that the community grows >:) !!!
@ Saotome: But yours is able to carry his guts !!! Unfortunately my walker will never be able to turn, i had to kill him because i need the servos.
@ demonic_crow: You can connect the servos directly to the arduino, as shown here. If you want to control more servos use this library. If you use more then two servos and if you put your servos under a little stress, it´s recommended that you use a seperate power supply for them, otherwise you could damage your arduino. With my three micro-servos powered through the arduino all went well till now.
@ Tue, 2009-02-03 07:19
Awesome video!
@ Tue, 2009-02-03 04:35
So the robot took 15 min and
@ Mon, 2009-02-02 16:20
wow, very cool. I have the
@ Mon, 2009-02-02 12:58
cool!he has the same walking
cool!
he has the same walking motion as my quadroped :)
though mine is a bit bigger.
You can probably make it turn the same way I did if you want to try it out.
have a look:
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/4210
@ Sun, 2009-02-01 12:58
new new video standard!
Oooh, the artsies are gonna have a field day with this video: black/white, techno, edited to the beat, sound and video effects that match content, even your code scrolling through the image!
Very cool. Definately not a 15 minute video!
Oh right. Robot. Ehhm. Never underestimate the power of good shoes!
@ Sun, 2009-02-01 05:08
Nice start :)
@ Sun, 2009-02-01 04:41
cool :)