sumo

Hi everyone,

this video is mini sumo and sumo robot match. it is funny :) 

Okay. If you know i am building cheap 4-DOF biped.
If you want to know what would it be,it's going to be like EasyBotics Easy Biped :O 

24.11.2011
I got some ideas and i ordered 4x Hextronik HXT900 servos.
Next thing i buy is PCB making things and PicAxe 14M. 
I make chassis when i get some plastic sheets.
But i can tell you some things:
- It has a homemade IR sensor
- And led eyes
- I can modify it easy to walk and avoid obstacles or be a sumo or dance
- I may add an IR receiver to remote control mode 

Here I leave a very few highlights of the Competencia Nacional de Robótica Lasalle, that took place last Saturday.

 Hello LMRians! I ordered some parts and i order more in few weeks.

I want to do my own sensor using LDR,IR led and normal leds. And yes, it's going to be something like AmandaLDR but not exactly same.

The sensor is going to my mini sumo, project what i'm working for. It's using Picaxe-08M. What do you think about it?

Hi Everyone,

I'm starting with some new projects.

The first one is nanoDuino, an ultrasmall arduino, based on patrickmaccabe's one. This one has all the input and output's pins broken out and the sockets for FTDI and ICSP cables. It is 18,5x20,5 mm:

I spent Thursday night making hubs for new robots.  Enjoy the video.

Hello all,

I had a great time in Toronto for this years Robot games.  I managed to get 2nd place in the masters mini sumo competition with Blaster shark.  I made a new robot called Driller shark which I will post shortly in the robot section.  It didn't do that well, but all in all I had fun.  Here are the pictures.

Ordinary lunch kit?

Intro:

I have received questions regarding the line sensor that I'm using on my mini sumo bot. Here I will post the schematic and pictures of the board. 

The OPB704:

Intro

I decided to make a mini sumo robot a few weeks ago instead of doing an obstacle avoider. Turns out that once you think about it, mini sumo bots and obstacle avoiders are pretty much the same! The only changes I would need to make would be to the code. Great! Sumos can also double as line followers. So in short, they're pretty versatile. Here is an image of most of the parts that will go into this sucker. 

Picture

After settling on a layout for how I wanted the robot to look I set about making the body.

Motor Mounts

Hello all,

As promised the pictures from WCRG 2010.  Credits go to Fingertech for providing the video and pictures.

Line Following

Mine Sweeper

Chip

Hello all,

The Western Canadian Robot Games in Calgary was a great success in Calgary for my new robot.  I will be updating this post with more videos and pics soon and also making a new robot entry for my sumo.  Enjoy the video I found on youtube.  I think Samm is in there too.

My PCB is finally finished however there is one major problem with it.

Hello all,

 Just an update at where I am at with the Vulcan Five.  I've written and tested some timers to generate the 38KHz output needed to drive the IR LEDs.  The motor controls, digital and Analog I/O all work great.  Now its on to making the PCB. 

The first thing I did was cut out some paper to and try to determine a good fitting top cover.

Just a little update on the progress of Vulcan Five.

Part of my robot workshop.  The rest of it is in the basement.

Robot assistant Tanpopo posing with Vulcan Five.

Oscilloscope set up ready to debug.