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Junior

OddBot — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:43:53 -0500

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What does it do?

Maps enviroment, explores with arm, falls over.

Sun 7th Dec 2008

Had a few setbacks with the old NiMh battery pack dying and the new LiPo battery packs not fitting where I hoped. Compare the old photo to the new one below. On the upside the new batteries have twice the amp/hour rating and a friend helped me get some polymorph plastic which I put to good use on Junior.

Cost to build

$250,00

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Finished project

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Time to build

60 hours

Type

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Weight

700 grams

Another 'Start Here' Robot

gdshardy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:44:28 -0500

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What does it do?

Navigates around via ultrsound so far.

This is my first 'thinking' robot. It's based on the Start Here tutorial. A PicAxe 28x1 controlling 2 motors with SRF05 ultrasonic sensor. It carries a 5Ahr lithium battery( I know, it's definitly overkill, but I had it laying around unused). The drivetrain was salvaged out of a toy robot(the 'Joe-Bot') that I picked up for $1.99USD, which lowered my construction costs big time. It had it's first test run yesterday which was a 'qualified' success.

Cost to build

$58,00

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Finished project

Number

Time to build

8 hours

Type

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Weight

956 grams

"Baratinha" My First Robot

guibot — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:17:05 -0400

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What does it do?

Here goes my first attempt of making a robot, i used an arduino and a motor shield, with one servo for steering, and a standard dc motor for traction.

I didn´t have any cool sensors like infrared or ultrasonic at the moment, so i used two micro-switchs to be like bug sensors.. and i called it "baratinha", a portuguese word for "little cockroach".

Cost to build

$80,00

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Finished project

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Number

Time to build

50 hours

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My First Robot (Rover)

praveennair — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:33:54 -0400

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What does it do?

Navigate around avoiding obstacles

From all the inspiration i got from reading posts by you guys, i thought of doing the same thing - creating a robot on my own. Thanks for the awesome work guys, keep it going, there are more like me out there who need some inspiration - I will try to follow the path you guys have set to explore myself :).

Cost to build

$120,00

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Finished project

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Time to build

15 hours

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My First Real Robot

.TheWiz. — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:11:01 -0400

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What does it do?

Here's an UPDATE on my First Robot with a Robotic Arm on it ,With no gripper yet.

Cost to build

$120,00

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bugbot

Ant — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:30:11 -0400

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What does it do?

Moves around avoiding things with the ultrasonic antennea

This is my first robot, his name is 'bugbot'.

Parts list:

Picaxe 28a started pack

Tamiya dual motor gearbox - Jaycar

Cost to build

$100,00

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Finished project

Complete

Number

Time to build

50 hours

Type

tracks

URL to more information

Weight

500 grams