SIMBA_Test_Run1

A little rover robot I pieced together, which uses sonar to detect and avoid obstacles.

This is one of the first test runs I have done. Expect more to come.

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People & Blogs

Tags:

• Robot
• Rover
• Sonar
• Obstacle
• Avoidance

[muppetmars]

How does it decide which way to go-when it senses a wall and looks both ways?

[lithium76]

The code for that is to scan from left to right, take the average of the left side and the average of the right side and whichever is greater, is the side it will aim for. It then turns that direction, pinging along the way until it finds a distance > or = the average of that side.

Wow, did that even make sense? If not I can always post the code somewhere. It's not pretty but it worked. I hate BASIC, but it was a good intro into microcontrollers.

[legomindstormbuilder]

nice work where did u get the kit

[lithium76]

It's not a kit. This was put together using a BASIC Stamp 2 for the micro controller, and everything else was pieced together.

[mulletcar]

be careful with that tamiya gearbox, mine stripped out really quickly on carpet..

[bomerman104]

that is awsome how can i make one of these

[pimpinparrott]

i like the scanning sensors. nice job

[RichiepooProductions]

Cool robot! I love tamiya parts, they are so easy to use. I'm going to build a tracked rover with a semi autonomous behaviour with an arduino and some 300ft. range RF gear and infared distance sensors.

[lithium76]

Thanks for the comment.

Kits are not bad at all. At least with a kit you have a known working platform and limited hardware bugs. You can then focus on the software side and give it some decent AI.

[shimniok]

Too cool - love the scanning sonar, very fun to watch! :)