Parts List Parts List: ESP32-CAM x1 FT232RL FTDI Mini USB x1 - for uploading a code to the ESP32-CAM Dual Channel DC Motor Driver L298N x1 Adafruit (PID 3244) Mini Round Robot Chassis Kit - 2WD with DC Motors x1 - I used this chassis, but you can make...
In Reno Nevada, if you know exactly where to look (stay tuned for a hint), you can find this lovely labyrinth. Which of course would be an ideal maze for a small robot to solve. Even though the terrain might be a little bit rough for a small...
Attach the limit switch to the wooden square bar so that the hinge pops out slightly. Stick half of the tape on the side opposite to the side where the switch is stuck, and stick the other half of the tape on a long, thin board. The bumper is now easily...
I had planned to use Chicago screws or book binding rivets. However, not only are they an additional cost and a impediment for someone to reproduce my work, the were binding when it was walking. The Chicago screws would come unscrewed and crash...
Motivation One major barrier to a fluid creative workflow with robots is the often stilted sense-think-act loop. Every time through the loop the robot first gathers information about the environment, crunches the numbers to generate a plan, and then...
To predict how our robot may perform in the real environment, a physics model would be useful to understand the forces at play. The calculated results serve as data points that can be verified experimentally to see how they differ in the real world....
I uploaded a video where I ramble about my intentions of building this robot.I mention some of the parts I plan to use with the robot and give a general overview of my plans.Here are a couple of photos of the two tread sections I've built so far.The...
That’s right, the robot I teach you to make this time is the BB-8 in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Ever since the first official trailer was released in October, the adorable BB-8 in its peculiar design has attracted a large number of fans and its...
This is an example output of the RRT algorithm with a 5-link serial manipulator. This is an example output of the PRM algorithm with a 5-link serial manipular. The overall structure of all functions used in the task 1 code is outlined in figure 1 where...
The third component of Firefly's algorithmic layer deals with the problem of autonomously locating a target—like a trapped victim after a disaster or the source of a fire in a burning building—by combining multiple different sensory inputs. The problem...
The Mini Desktop Bartender Robot This easy to use desktop robot automatically unscrews a mini bottle of your choice, pours you a drink, collects bottle caps in an internal cap piggy bank, and throws bottles to the recycle bin off the side;...
Como podemos validar nuestra seleccion de actuadores? Para poder validar la seleccion de nuestros Servo Motores tenemos que analizar la estructura desde un punto de vista estatico. El criterio para nuestra seleccion debe de esta basado en el torque minimo...
One foundational challenge for a lot of hobby robotics is navigation and localisation. We can access cheap sensors in the form of IR and sonar, which give distances to solid objects. We can use IMU's and wheel encoders to estimate distance and direction...
The winner for this specific application (measuring angles on robot arms for inverse kinematics) is the 6mm hollow D-shaft potentiometer from P3 America: https://p3america.com/np24hs-r10k-l2-d5/ https://p3america.com/rh24pc-e-r10k-l2-d5/ Despite the...
Hi everyone, today I am going to unbox and assemble the Crowbot Bolt an open source programmable Smart Robot Car. CrowBot BOLT is an open source smart programming car powered by ESP32 chip. It has a wealth of sensors (such as a light sensor, ultrasonic...