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 so far I have planned how the robot will perform the cleaning task. I will get a shammy and the front half of the robot will have a velcro underside. The robot will slowly squirt a fluid on the floor only while in forward motion. The front brush should loosen particles and shammy mostly soak up and catch the dirty stuff. Right behind the shammy I have a dc blower I have had for years and never used so I can aim this downward to dry the mopped floor.
Hey Josh, I was thinking that since this is really just a little service bot that will run on sensors, do you really even need the camera? If you wanted to use it to see what he's cleaning or so you can control what he's cleaning, maybe you should put it low and pointed at the floor. Just a thought.
I was also thinking maybe you could use a swiffer wet jet. That way you would have a refillable cleaning solution and pads.
Yea your probably right on not actually needing a camera. It could run blind with a sonar. I will consider using swiffer pads but they do not work as well as one would think. So lets scrap the idea of the cam in the dome and I will just mount the ezb inside the dome like a brain
Ok I ditched the cam idea. So far parts list include
Velcro ezb dc blower for drying floor ezb cooling fan Liquid tank 6V water pump Absorbant reusable shammy Servo ext cables 6V 4.5 ah battery Squeegee right behind shammy One servo Ultrasonic ping sensor L298n h bridge @6v Possibly replace original motors with continuous servos
Man I like this design a lot. Do you need any of these parts? I have the sonar, some PIR detectors, and a squirrel cage type cooling fan from a computer that may work for your drying unit. I will take a pic and upload it. I also have some servos. A nice mini-servo would work well for that sonar and I do have some quality ones.
Found the shammy I think will work. It is made for the shark steam mop and is washable. On the back is Velcro which makes attaching fresh shammies super easy.
That pack should make a weeks worth of shammies using it every day.
Ok im putting the cam idea back on the table. I saw the glyph video and realized it would be useful for self charging after cleaning for a designated amount of time. Also im considering having 2 batteries instead of one. Hmmm next step is making the water tank and mount for ezb and cam.