Hi! My robot now plays soccer! With the help of a CMUCAM.
I made a good update of my web site: http://ze.bot.free.fr/index_en.html Leon. --- In [email protected], "leon_moreau" <leon_mor...@...> wrote: > > Hello! > > I just want to present you my project. This is a small robot made > with a Foxboard. The aim of this robot is to implement path planning > algorithms, environment discovery, and other funny algorithms. > Probably a CMUCAM later, for playing soccer with a pingpong ball. > > Some photos: > http://ze.bot.free.fr/zebot_100.JPG > http://ze.bot.free.fr/zebot_101.JPG > http://ze.bot.free.fr/zebot_102.JPG > http://ze.bot.free.fr/zebot_103.JPG > http://ze.bot.free.fr/zebot_104.JPG > http://ze.bot.free.fr/zebot_105.JPG > http://ze.bot.free.fr/zebot_106.JPG > > Characteristics: > * 16cm diameter; 15cm high; wheight approx 1kg > * Chassis made of plexiglass > * Foxboard + Wifi (WiFi doesn't work well...) > * microcontroler "Picbasic 3B" interfacing: sonars, motors, LCD > display, buzzer, and measuring battery voltage. Asynchronous serial > link 19200bds with Foxboard > * 5 SRF04 ultra sonic range finders (sonars) > * Optical encoders mounted on wheel axes. Rests of mechanical mouse. > Decoder: HCTL2032. > * 2 electronic boards made with "veroboards", wrapping and soldering. > One board for "power", the other for "logical". > * battery: NiMh 9.6V 2000mAh (home made). Autonomy: 2 to 3 hours > (full activity and WiFi). > * integrated battery charge controller (Max712) > * 5V regulator LM2575 > * motor-gearbox: Tamiya 70 097; H-bridge: L298N > > Progress of the project: > * Mechanic finished > * electronic finished > * low level software (FoxBoard and PicBasic) finished > * high level software: just began > > I will probably make a web site when I will have more software done. > > I confirm that the fox board is a great product: easy to use, > powerfull, compact, low power consumption. > Still some bugs, but a good product. Thank you to all the acmesystems > team! > > Do not hesitate do make any comment about this project. > > Leon. French robot builder. >
