2018-05-18T10:17:47+00:00 http://ozos.github.io Luis Leyva 2015-01-21T00:00:00+00:00 http://ozos.github.io/2015/01/21/Yet another robot car <h3 id="motivation">Motivation</h3> <p>In my senior year of University I was programming a <a href="http://www.robotis.com/xe/darwin_en">Darwin-Op</a> robot. It was a really nice and fun experience. After my graduation I felt a little disappointed because I had to be separated from my first childbot :(. But after a while I found a solution: I built my own baby bot, actually two.</p> <h3 id="having-fun-with-robots">Having fun with robots</h3> <p>First, I spent some time looking where to buy the necessary robot parts. The best option I found on my budget was <a href="http://www.aliexpress.com">Aliexpress</a>.</p> <p>I bought these parts:</p> <ul> <li>1 Arduino UNO board</li> <li>2 Bluetooth modules</li> <li>2 Ultrasonic sensors</li> <li>1 Full H bridge</li> <li>4 Line Sensors</li> <li>4 Rechargeable Batteries 18650</li> <li>2 Battery Holders</li> <li>Dupont wires, screws and nuts.</li> <li>1 Caster wheel (I prefer the Spanish name: rueda loca!)</li> <li>1 Robot car chassis</li> <li>1 Robot tank chassis Extra:</li> <li>ChipKit Max32 board (a pretty nice gift I received while I still was at University). *** With the above parts I finally built a robot car and a robot tank. There are a lot resources about the assembling process, I might write my own guide one day.</li> </ul> <h3 id="robot-car">Robot car</h3> <p>It is controlled by the Arduino board. To watch the code that operates it, visit <a href="http://ozos.github.io/robotcar-arduino">Robotcar-Arduino</a> project. Video and pictures:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE " target="_blank"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE/0.jpg" alt="IMAGE ALT TEXT HERE" width="240" height="180" border="10" /></a></p> <p><img src="/public/images/car1.jpg" alt="Car front view" /></p> <p><img src="/public/images/car2.jpg" alt="Car front view" /></p> <h3 id="robot-tank">Robot tank</h3> <p>It is controlled by the Arduino board. To watch the code that operates it, visit <a href="http://ozos.github.io/robotcar-chipkit">Robotcar-Arduino</a> project. The code had to be modified because Chipkit provides a very old library that lacks the functionality required by the original project. Video and pictures:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE " target="_blank"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/YOUTUBE_VIDEO_ID_HERE/0.jpg" alt="IMAGE ALT TEXT HERE" width="240" height="180" border="10" /></a></p> <p><img src="/public/images/tank1.jpg" alt="Car upper view" /></p> <p><img src="/public/images/tank2.jpg" alt="Car front view" /></p> <h3 id="arduinorc">ArduinoRC</h3> <p>A android app that allows to control the robots over bluetooth. For more information about this project visit <a href="http://ozos.github.io/arduinoRC">ArduinoRC</a> project. Some screenshots:</p> <p><img src="/public/images/arduinoRCmain.jpg" alt="Main Activity" /></p> <p><img src="/public/images/arduinoRCbton.jpg" alt="Turn on Bluetooth" /></p> <p><img src="/public/images/arduinoRCsearch.jpg" alt="Device scan" /></p> <p><img src="/public/images/arduinoRClist.jpg" alt="List of devices" /></p> <p>Thanks for reading!</p> 2015-01-20T00:00:00+00:00 http://ozos.github.io/2015/01/20/Introduction <p>###<em>Welcome!</em></p> <p>Hello everyone! This is Luis. You can know more about me in the <a href="http://ozos.github.io/about/">About Me</a> section.</p> <p>In addition, to watch some of my projects visit <a href="https://github.com/ozos">GitHub</a>.</p> <p>Thanks!</p>