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This was the first robot that I ever made. Click
on the picture above to go to the pages that fully describe
it. It is Stamp I based and uses hacked hobby servos.
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Bugbot is also Stamp I based. To date, this is my only walker
- I've been busy doing other things! It uses a modified tripod
gait that is surprisingly agile for a simple three servo walking
robot! Click on the picture above to go to pages that fully describe
this project.
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| Evil Empire |
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Evil Empire is my entry into the TRCY robot combat competition. This
is sponsored by The Robotics
Club of Yahoo which is an ecclectic collection of robot haves, have
nots and beginners. It runs using the Parallax
Basic Stamp II controller on one of my Stamp II boards. The code is
one based on the principles of Subsumption Architecture by using finite
state machines to simulate a multitasking environment - here's the code.
Here is the Subsumption network diagram.
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| Parallax BoE-Bot |
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The BoE-Bot is Parallax's latest entry into the "Stamps
in Class" curriculum. Its a neat little robot with two hacked
servos and a BoE (Board of Education) for a controller. It comes with
IR proximity projects, light detection projects, speaker and Stamp II.
The robotics program is layed out in a class like structure by programs.
The robot above has a whisker bumper (my design), light and IRPD capability.
It is programmed using my subsumption programming approach. Here is the
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| Speed Racer |
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Speed racer uses one of my "All in one" Stamp II controller
boards and an HVW Technologies
L298 DC motor driver board. This board is driven by a pair of my PWM
chips and powered by an 800mah NiCd AA battery pack. The controller
is powered by a 9V battery. This thing is FAST and really I need to
have some kind of speed feedback for it to work well. The motor torque
varies greatly with battery voltage and needs constant attention.
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| KillBot |
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Killbot is my fully autonomous entry into a local competition called the
Critter Crunch here in Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its controlled
by my Stamp II Miniboard with the Stamp II SX chipset, one of my IRPD
boards and one of my serial servo controller chips. It uses two hacked
RC servos for wheel motors, a 12V battery pack to run the wheels, a 9V
battery for the computer and pneumatics for the scoop. I use Lego system
pneumatic cylinders to move the scoop and a blue Lego air tank for powering
them. It can run the scoop <top secret> number of times before needing
repumping. It uses two Makita 5 inch saw blades for wheels and has several
edge and enemy detection sensors. Soon it will get the ability to see
behind it! Here is the current (icky) source
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| The Tick |
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There isn't much to say about The Tick yet. It uses hacked RC servos
for motors and one of my Stamp II Miniboards and IRPD boards for sensors
and control. Soon it will get a compass and a video transmitter camera
as well as a PIR sensor. This will eventually be my demonstration platform
for display and fun. It is based on the SAM Robot chassis by Norland
Research.
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I got this Cyber Spider at Toys R Us for about $15. It was pretty cool
as an IR controlled spider, but that just wasn't good enough! I took out
the IR controlled stuff and put in a 16C84 with a pared down version of
my IRPD board trimmed to fit. Click on the picture for the page describing
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This is Godzuki. He's named that because I have a little sound chip on
it that gives three Godzilla screams when activated! It consists of
a Tamiya twin motor module set on the slowest speed, two of my IRPD
modules, an HVW Technologies
L298 dual H-bridge board and uses an OOPic
controller for the brains. I have an IR based edge detector on all
four corners that is made from Radio Shack parts. The whole thing fits
into a 9cm x 10cm square and weighs in at just under 500 grams with
the 6 cell NiCd AA pack.
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