Built: 2002-12-12 00:00:00
This is the same robot as Feynman 1, but I have modified the chassis. The chassis gave me a little more control over the sonar and provided better proximity detection with the bumpers and Sharp IR sensors.
Specs
| Chassis: | 100% pine. Round 3/8\" plywood from Lowes and 1\"x8\" pine for framing. |
| Power: | AC and OLD PC Power Supply giving 12 volts and 5 volt sources. 5 volt for the motors and smaller electronics. Cost: Free. (from dead PC) |
| Movement: | 2 - cordless drill motors modified with some timing belt sprockets donated from my father. Cost $30.00. 1 - 3/8\" rod for axil. $10. 2 - 6\" lawn mower wheels $12. Various hardware about $15 |
| Sensors: | 3 - Sharp Infrared GP2D02 $36. 3 - 6500 Sonar Modules and transducers $150 2 - Bump switches 1 - Vector 2x Compass 1 - Logitech WebCam |
| CPU/OS: | AMD-K6-2 500Mhz. Running Windows 2000. Visual Basic 6.0 Client on machine programmed via terminal services and VNC. |
| Other Info: | The lower center of gravity and sturdy chassis let me do more actual testing with this robot than any of the others to date. |
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Other Robot Info
This is the same robot as Feynman 1, but I have modified the chassis. The chassis gave me a little more control over the sonar and provided better proximity detection with the bumpers and Sharp IR sensors.
