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Carnot

Built 2007

Carnot

Named after the physicist Sadi Carnot, this was a shift from mobile robots to a stationary arm platform. It combined Java and C# (via JNI) for vision processing and arm control.

Specifications

Chassis Wood and 80-20 Aluminum extrusion
Power 12VDC, 5VDC via PC power supply (recycled from Feynman 1)
Movement Servo-driven arm (stationary robot)
Sensors Network webcam, microphone
CPU / OS Athlon64 3000, Windows XP Professional, Java, C# via JNI

Notes

A departure from mobile robots - Carnot was a stationary platform focused on arm manipulation and vision.