dsPIC33 controlled robot and the new PIC board
Photo from Texas A&M's "Aggieland Saturday" high school recruitment
event, where prospective students come and explore the different schools
and departments at A&M. We took the SMP robot chassis, which you have
seen before climb stairs (www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXyvIec2trc),
and interfaced it with an RF transmitter/receiver from a $10 remote
control car. The dsPIC33 sits in the middle, taking the on/off signals
from the RF unit and turning them into PWM for each pair of motors
(we've reused the Krisys Control Board that we used in the summer
workshop). The robot, which we have dubbed "Fido", was a big hit,
stealing the thunder from many of the other engineering booths.
These YouTube videos show Fido can descend stairs quite easily. In order
to climb steeper stairs, we're going to need bigger wheels though. The
platform has the torque; it will literally run itself up the wall if you
give it the chance.
dsPIC33 controlled robot and the new PIC board
Photo from Texas A&M's "Aggieland Saturday" high school recruitment
event, where prospective students come and explore the different schools
and departments at A&M. We took the SMP robot chassis, which you have
seen before climb stairs (www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXyvIec2trc),
and interfaced it with an RF transmitter/receiver from a $10 remote
control car. The dsPIC33 sits in the middle, taking the on/off signals
from the RF unit and turning them into PWM for each pair of motors
(we've reused the Krisys Control Board that we used in the summer
workshop). The robot, which we have dubbed "Fido", was a big hit,
stealing the thunder from many of the other engineering booths.
These YouTube videos show Fido can descend stairs quite easily. In order
to climb steeper stairs, we're going to need bigger wheels though. The
platform has the torque; it will literally run itself up the wall if you
give it the chance.