hack a battle bot

By bud_weiser
@ March 4, 2009

• Actuators / output devices: geared toy motor
• Control method: arduino diecemila
• CPU: Arduino RBBB
• Power source: 4, 7.2 volt rechargeable, AA BATTERIES FOR ARDUINO
• Programming language: C Wiring/assembler - Arduino
• Sensors / input devices: Parallax Ping)))
• Target environment: indoors for now

Hi,

   Here is a work in progress when my 6 month old falls asleep. It will be a hacked battle bot I picked up w/o remotes. I figured they would be more fun running off arduino. In this case Really Bare Bones Board and home made motor driver board used in my previous attempt. I basically just ripped all of the on board circuitry off and will use the body with the motors. This toy is set up similar to a tank where the left side wheels are controlled by one motor while the right side wheels are controlled by another motor. Should be cool. I attached the RBBB to a breadboard, the motor driver, and the ping. Should be a pic available. I'll post video once it is working. Thanks.