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A project log for Pi Zero 2 Robot Navigation Head

(it's a gimbal) with OpenCV/range scanning and IMU for navigating wireless robot platforms by API

jacob-david-c-cunninghamJacob David C Cunningham 07/31/2022 at 22:200 Comments

I was hoping to get the physical build done over the weekend. But the design took me longer than I thought. I honestly did not do that great of a job with the internal sensor bed where all the electronics mount to. So after I've laid everything out, I have to fix it piece by piece because the solid checker is not happy/will probably print poorly.

After it's built though the rest of it I've already done before in some form or another and working with Raspberry Pi/python is much easier than Arduino/C++. Also faster/multi-threading.

The robot part is easy too, I've already built the body a while back, and just need to throw an EPS8266 on there to steer two servos by a websocket.

The actual navigation thing will be hard, I have to continue what I started before (blob search and probe). It's not using any fancy object recognition yet.

This is the basic 2D buggy, slap a single cell on there, step up to 5V, ESP8266 and have a wifi rc car.

Dang... this print was almost 4 hours wasted, still learned that it's too flimsy.

This project will be my week's obsession.

Long video, I tried to build this in a weekend but did not succeed.

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