Light-Phobic Robot
Idea
A little robot the "runs" from the light, with beeps to indicate it's mode. Arduinos mounted on a wheeled platform.
I had this idea not long after just getting started working with Arduino's and learning to program them. It seemed like a very simple project at the time and something that would be do-able with the right parts and the knowledge from tutorials and the book I've been using.
Parts
- 2 arduinos - I had to use two, one for sensors and one for the motor b/c of budget and hardware constraints. You could probably get away with just 1 and the "correct" setup of it.
- Photo sensor
- LED's for eyes
- piezeo speaker for the noises
- 2 power sources, one per arduino
- Tamiya dual motor gearbox
- Tamiya mounting platform
- Anothercould be used or even heavy wood, but this simplified my construction needs
- Adafruit ProtoShield
- Again for ease of use and development
- Seed Motor Shield v1.0
- I got it onsale at Radioshack
Schematic
To be done.
Project Log
- Eyes done and tied in with photo sensor. Code hooks in place to use movement information.
- Wheels and motors whould be delivered on Thursday!
Code
Photo Gallery
Testing using the digital pins to allow the two arduino's to communicate. DID NOT WORK.
Tamiya base plate with dual motor gearbox underneath
Tamiya dual motor gearbox attached to base plate, underside view showing gearbox.
The tiny hex-head bolt was not tight and had fallen out. This required repair.
both motor control and sensor control boards mounted.
Side view of the arduino's mounted on the Robolipho.
RoboLiPho with full wiring (except sound as I see now) and using I2C between the boards.
What's a robot without googly eyes?
thanks to continual problems getting hobby motors to be more like stepper motors, i kept having my axels fall out.
File this away under ideas that didn't work.
