This is a simple project that hopefully I wont over complicate. Since he Squeegee needs to get as close to furniture and the toilet and bathtub as possible this my be a challenge. After all we spend most our time trying to get our robots to avoid the objects in the room. Im giving new life to a radioshack robie jr rc controlled robot.
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Ok squeegee gets a led array , I may use all of them for IR or maybe have a couple be visible spectrum. This is so squeegee can see at night or in my homes case low light... I may also have a battery indicator light on the back as well right above the tank..
Mounting in h bridges , one is to operate the left and right main drive and second powers the 6 volt pump and maybe the blower. Now I still need to find a good mounting position for the battery , ezb and step up booster to 12 volts for the dc blower.
I mounted them upside down. I was going to mount one on each side of the camera but I was concerned about air flow for the heatsinks. Mounting them like this I believe I can fit in a small fan to keep them both cool.
I love this little guy. It makes me think of MO the sweeper bot on Wall-e.
Alright found a problem the h bridges heatsink cant be in the same place as the battery so I may very well need to put the h bridges on either side of th battery or on either side of the camera. Right now im cleaning out a junked up closet and rearranging my room so I can work on robots more in my personal space instead of the kitchen.
@ troy thanks man! Im still trying to get ezb , the h bridges , battery , and ultrasonic in there now. Im considering using a 12 volt sealed lead acid I bought a long time ago but I think its only rated 1.2 - 1.6 ah.... ill research it but there are no markings on the battery.
Ah Ha! I have 6 x 12 volt 1.4 ah lead acid mini batteries. 2 of these batteries are 2.8 ah and that just might do the trick of giving optimal power to my blower hmmm well before I get excited I need to measure and also charge /test these batteries. They are nee as far as I know but ive had them almost 2 years.
Finally im migrating projects to my creative desk so I can cook in the kitchen agian. Maybe I can make it presentable enough to bring a girl over.
Ok I accidentally got a drop of superglue on the dome. I wiped off most of it and took 2000 grit to it to get the glue off. Hopefully I can polish this dome and bring it back to its original luster (and before I dropped glue on it)
Hey Josh, maybe the headlight repair kit sold at auto parts place will bring it back.