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Pete's Robo-Page
Here are some of the Robots I've built, and what I learned from each of them. All of this stuff I learned from someone else publishing info on the Web, and so I'll do the same, so others can learn what I've learned from others. Standing on shoulders and all that.
I saw a couple of these on the web, and decided to build one for my-self.
Auto copies CDs into iTunes.
R/C Hamster Ball
(great way to chase the cat)Test platform for Burning Man Project.
Combine basic functional elements into structured system.
This was a test bed for the Airplane UAV system.
The truck uses GPS to Navigate between preset way-points. (using latitude and longitude)
Used the GPS system from the R/C GPS Truck project.
Designed a 2-way ground station for trimming and telemetry.
Uses Infa-Red horizon sensors to level the aircraft.
This used a lot of info from the Balancing Robot project.
Uses Gyros and Inertial sensors to stabilize the aircraft.
I saw an article about Kalman filters, and threw this together in about 4 hours. Didn't like the way the KF worked, so I threw it out and wrote my own drift compensator. Works good.
Uses PIC16F876 mpu with PicBasicPro & asm, external Floating Point processor, and 5DOF IMU from Spark Fun. (2-Gyros, 3 Accelerometers)
To make any robo-go, you need to control the motors. Either using R/C servos, or an H-Bridge & Electronic Speed Control. To tell how fast you're going, you need wheel encoders.
Drive up to 10 servos with only 2 Arduino Pins
Need to drive a lot of servos? Here's how.