Rovey

by Scott Preston - 2005-06-27 15:08:15

This is a robot that I did for a COSI training session. I had students login to my website and then control the robot from the internet. It consist of a pan & tilt camera, and an SSC Servo Controller tethered to a power supply and a serial port since it was on 24/7.

This robot is also featured at Robots.Net.

Detailed Specifications

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Robot Name:	Rovey
Date Built:	January, 2004
Chassis:	PVC Sheets and Aluminum.
Power:	Tethered - 12VDC and 5VDC from power supply of old PC (old Feynman Power Supply).
Movement:	Scott Edwards Servo Controller (Mini SSC II) and 2 hacked servos.
Sensors:	1 Pan and Tilt Logitech Webcam.
CPU/OS:	Scott Edwards Servo Controller (Mini SSC II)
Other Info:	On 24/7 and connected to the internet for remote control. Powered by Java and Apache Tomcat.

Some More Photos of Rovey

	From the front.
	Exploring Mars in my basement.

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Posted by: Scott at Tuesday May 08, 2007

Very nice project. I only know how to program in basic, but am interested in building a robot which can be controlled via the web too, and as I understand it, JAVA would be the way to go for this. With this in mind, coud you recommend a book that would be helpful to learn how to use JAVA in a robotics setting.

Thanks for your time.

Posted by: MIke at Thursday Dec 27, 2007