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Hey guys this is my first post. My son is applying to MIT and has several projects going all at once. I need assistance. We don't have any money or at least not much. He and I are getting the SOY kit and a few other things to go along with it. He has until April of 2016 to present it. Right now all we have to work with is an old 90's RAD robot. Can anybody assist us with something better with a low cost?
ok he has win7 and win10 i think he downloaded ARC and is try to connect his phone nexus5 sofar we are.
Skipping the middle of this topic and going back to the RAD.
I have a RAD which I stripped down for building a new robot (it didn't get far because I had about 2,500 other projects going at the same time). The RAD is an awesome base for a robot. The drive train is by far the best of all toy robots that I've played with.
The RAD itself is a nightmare to take apart carefully. Every wire is soldered so no unplugging looms, just cutting (or de-soldering wire). But provided you don't want to use any of the original electronics that's no issue.
The drive train will run very nicely from a 2.5A motor controller/H-Bridge. The one EZ-Robot sells fits nicely in the base too, along with a decent sized LiPo battery. The original motors, if in good condition, will handle the 2S LiPo voltage without issue but may be too fast, I used PWM to lower the speed.
I did mine with the old V3 which fitted in the base nicely. The V4 should fit too however may need removing from it's plastic case.
Here's my original build topic. Hopefully it's of some assistance as far as stripping down and fitting new electronics in is concerned. It's a RAD 1.0 but the 2.0 is pretty much the same other than the head from what I understand.
rich
i left a message for you on the previous topic of me.
rich
Wow thanks guys... and nomad...that's amazing of you to do. Thank you for your generosity. That means a lot. And my son will really appreciate it.
Rich. Thanks for the info on the rad...that will help. My son has pledged at lease 2 hours per Sunday to work on the robot.. and at lease 5 hours a week working on what he wants to create with the software. So this should end up cool. He's gona do most of the work on trythe bot. As nd ALL of the programing.
hi vulcan
how did it go with connecting the nexus5 to wifi
I don't know yet. My son will be working on an Android app... i think what will have to happen is this. He will need to make an app with ez. that transmits via wifi. The nexus 5 is small enough to fit in the back of the robot. I think he will be able to figuer it out... he is way smarter than me...
i can hardly wait with what he comes up in de video.