So after building a 'bot with EzB/Mecanno (Boris), I'd decided to up my game a little. Enter, Boris V2!
(Forgive the not-HD quality of the photos, I forgot to check my camera settings >.<)
Dagu Rover 5, 4 motors + encoders. At this point, the channels are seperated off and the encoder wires are all secured out of the way.
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So I decided to prioritize the pan/tilt for the camera, while I wait for capacitors and voltage regulators for my power distribution board. I moved the entire system to the rear of Boris. Not only does this give a smaller footprint, it also allows me a greater range of view. I'd tried first with those lil' blue servos that come with pan/tilt brackets, but I never had satisfactory results. To wit, I opted for the bigger standard servos.
Hopefully my delivery will show up on Tuesday, so I can get on with wiring up the distribution board to power the EzB, Dagu board, dagu motors and, eventually, spotlight (Almost finished making), IR light (Finished, waiting for power) and under-bot neons (WIP).
From there, it'll be sensors time. I have LDRs already, which will be used to detect low light and automatically enable the main area lighting, with the direction spotlight optional.
I've been toying with the sonar, but I'm not sure on that. At this point, I'm not anticipating an automated bot, so the sonar seems unnecessary. But who knows!
(Plug!) As an aside, my soldering iron died. I think the element has had it, it's not been heating well for a while, so I had to purchase a new one. Solderpro 50 butane irons (Available from Sparkfun and Maplin, probably lots of places) are, I can confirm, fantastic for small jobs. If you've ever considered one, I can highly recommend them.
check out rich's autonomous script he made
synthiam.com/Community/Questions/3449&page=1
fully made so just reconfigure the "forward", "reverse", "left", "right"(if you don't have a movement panel)
also, boris reminds me of a scorpion with that tail of his.
Any new pictures, can't wait to see what you have done. Now I wish I had not pitched my old E set of course that was 45 years ago. stress
I really like the cable management, it helps a lot
Busy week so far, but will have photographs and (hopefully!) a video this weekend! It lives!
As promised - although a little later than - here is a quick video of Boris in Action.
awesome! Nice to see he's coming along