
gabbott
New Zealand
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Ultrasonic Sensor Position?
I am building a quadruped robot. I have finished the body and I am now designing the head. My question is : will the ultrasonic sensors work in this position on top of the head? or should I move them more forward? I have never used Ultrasonic senors before.
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Very nice quadruped robot design! regarding the ultrasound sensor location, I think they would need to be moved forwards and not set back on the head, as you might be restricted in detecting objects on the ground, I suppose it depends on how far the head can move downwards to detect objects right in front on it??
The very center of the eye on the head could have a small camera inside
Thanks for the advice. Its really important to get everything right before 3d printing everything. I have moved the sensors to the front. The head will be able to swivel up and down as well as left and right. I will also mount the camera in the centre of the white spherical eye. A light behind the eye would be interesting. I will try to get the eye to move around if i have enough space inside the head for 2 extra servos. I have been trying to design a compact eye mechanism (check pic below). I have 3d printed it and it works well, its just to big (100mm long). However, I have a few ideas to make it more compact.