Robot Pool with my Tankbot

I programmed a little project tank in my microprocessors class at Southern Utah University to search for blocks on a table and then push them off. It was pretty cool to do. We programmed a Microchip PIC16F877A with various programs taking up to 2000 lines of code. About half of the code is ASCII which is sent to the LCD display. We control the speed of the tank through pulse-width modulation which outputs to an H-bridge. The pulse-width modulation is set using a potentiometer which inputs into an analog-to-digital input so we can adjust the speed on the fly. The tankbot detects the blocks by transmitting an infrared signal at approximately 38KHz which bounces off the block and a receiver designed to pick up IR signals at 38KHz detects the signal much like your TV receives from your remote.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• microchip
• pic
• tank
• bot
• billiards
• electronics
• code
• SUU
• program

[MyPyromaniac123]

put a bigger pusher on it and it should be able to shovel snow!

[Julyguzman]

heyyy i like that!!!!

[RobotsAreHereNow]

that is cool