Since the first SWARS experience, I knew this could go A LOT further, but having Farrusco on a remote terrace where you could only have access by climbing an outside ladder.. I must confess, I never thought of such a thing, until… my friend Fernando Mendes (Cowork_LX) came to me with this crazy idea! I [...]
This project is a collection of experiences related to seeing and percieving the world from the point of view of robotic creatures. Robots will send sensor data to the computer and will generate visual and audio landscapes in real time. The development started during the Audiencia Zero residency in O Espaço do Tempo in Montemor-o-Novo, [...]
This time I added the Solarbotics L298 Compact Driver Kit, the car is now much more powerfull and it is very cool to drive. In the photo you can see a proto shield where I connected the Xbee, the motor and servo and the LEDS, than the L298N board and a 6v voltage regulator. I [...]
I´ve been quite busy with the motor of this robot and I already started to have some of the results I wanted, but I still couldn´t find a stable setup, after a couple of drifts it starts to lose power as you can see by the end of the movie. Besides this, I like the [...]
This post is a full description of all the building process, the main idea started with the ratbot, and then I found out that I could follow the same concept with a different approach :) Click the button to read more: I used this little and cheap car toy, two caster wheels and a plastic [...]
This is a ratbot derivated, faster, cooler, and with more fun! :) I like pretty much the way it is going until now, but there are still things I want to do. Beside that, I can´t make it move straight in a line, it seems that it is not well balanced. When finished, I will [...]
27-August-2009 UPDATE: My friend Gerhard from Germany asked me to build a walkthrough regarding the G-Remote, with part list, schematics and code. And here it is. Enjoy :D ___________________________________________________________________________ This is my first attempt to make a custom remote controller, and also my first customized Arduino. After seeing this post made by OddBot I wanted [...]
Since I’ve started messing with robotics that I wanted to build a tank, and finally that moment arrived when two Tamiya thread kits and a Twin Motor Gearbox arrived. Everything started with a sketch: And as soon as I decided what I wanted, the assemble process has begun. I have some plastic sheets laying around [...]
After completing the new motor driver board, now I feel ready to continue with the development of this bot.. For now it´s just remote controlled, but it will have some intelligence soon. I will try to add microphones and use them as sound sensors. If I add for example 4 microphones, one on each side [...]
I wanted to keep working with the XBee modules, and I thought it would be cool to control Farrusco. So, first I used 2 potenciometers and assigned one to each motor.. and then I used a nunchuck controller. Both require a learning curve and it’s only after a while that you start to feel the [...]
