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basic obstacle avoidance, two LEDs blinking and otherwise,
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*Complete* is not really the correct word for it.  While trying to set up the four pins with screw terminals on my high power project board, my buddy and I managed … Read more
The China Syndrome : It was a dull night on the internet , so i was searching Ebay for cheap parts and found lots of mini servos for around $4 + or - .50c ,some  … Read more
Walks forward, backward, spins, blinks.
8/5/11 Update: Everyone should build one of these.  This was my first 'remove the PICAXE' of the dev board project.  Good fun! Read more
I got the SHR because I wanted to turn it into a cat toy. It works; just ask the cats... The CatScan Robot sits patiently waiting for one of our cats (Zena or … Read more
Navigates around trying to avoid bumping into things
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My first robot, roughly based on the Start Here Bot, for the moment at least. I'm using a Picaxe-28 project board with the 28x2 chip, Sharp IR sensor, servo from … Read more
only one sensor line tracking, created and programed with picaxe 08m circuit, very simple: sensor, lth: robot: program: main: readadc 2,b0 if b0 < 50 then … Read more
follows a black line on a white surface
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Hi guys....     Finally today arrived the last order for this robot... the wheels and the caster....   I took me 2 night of CAD-ing...   Read more
I thought it was time to do something with legs. While roaming the store I found jumbo wooden sticks and for some twisted reason I thought I should use them to … Read more
Roams and avoids obstacles via ultrasound, looks around, plays little tunes, flashes LED, beeps when it backs up
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Navigates around using IR, beeps, plays noises, flashes the led
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My first robot is done (for now!) :) It's based on the 'start here' robot, but I kept the darlington driver, did not use a servo, added speaker and led and wrote … Read more
Avoid objects, navigate around via ultrasound, can lock on in scan mode
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Jasper is my version of the start here robot. He has a Picaxe 28x1 v A.5 brain. (Finally got my updated chip today!)He just avoids objects right now. Right now he … Read more