Feynman2
Built: 2002-12-12 00:00:00
This is the same robot as Feynman 1, but I have modified the chassis. The chassis gave me a little more control over the sonar and provided better proximity detection with the bumpers and Sharp IR sensors.
Specs
| Chassis: |
100% pine. Round 3/8\" plywood from Lowes and 1\"x8\" pine for framing. |
| Power: |
AC and OLD PC Power Supply giving 12 volts and 5 volt sources. 5 volt for the motors and smaller electronics. Cost: Free. (from dead PC) |
| Movement: |
2 - cordless drill motors modified with some timing belt sprockets donated from my father. Cost $30.00.
1 - 3/8\" rod for axil. $10.
2 - 6\" lawn mower wheels $12.
Various hardware about $15 |
| Sensors: |
3 - Sharp Infrared GP2D02 $36.
3 - 6500 Sonar Modules and transducers $150
2 - Bump switches
1 - Vector 2x Compass
1 - Logitech WebCam |
| CPU/OS: |
AMD-K6-2 500Mhz. Running Windows 2000. Visual Basic 6.0 Client on machine programmed via terminal services and VNC. |
| Other Info: |
The lower center of gravity and sturdy chassis let me do more actual testing with this robot than any of the others to date. |
| Software Info: |
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Other Robot Info
This is the same robot as Feynman 1, but I have modified the chassis. The chassis gave me a little more control over the sonar and provided better proximity detection with the bumpers and Sharp IR sensors.
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