hi <br>i have just added some stuff to my site
about a basic radio control robot its not all done yet
but i have made a big start have a look and see what
you think.<br>i hope to put some plans together for a
robot that will be easy for people to
build.<br><a href=http://www.geocities.com/alcom65
target=new>http://www.geocities.com/alcom65</a>
Ive spent about 4 days making 3 races and 2
trucks. All 3 races have things from battlebots. Things
like the battlebox wall, spike strip and moving saw
blades. As some of you know I made Mauler 51~50 well ive
redone Mauler and i finished Backlash. The 3 tracks and
2 new bot trucks are for Microsoft Monster Truck
Madness 2.
Hi all<br>I am thinking of making a robot with an
onboard computer (PC) to control its movements but I am
struggling to find good example programs written in qbasic
that do robot things if you get what I mean. So if you
know of a good link please let me know.
Yo Team AcID is making a kick ass bot. We have only 1 problem. No money. I spent
most of my money on my car and games. Go to www.teamacid.isonfire.com and go to
our sponsor page.
Hi I have several problems with the design of
gears. I have two motors of Jetta(volkswagen9 of the
glasses. Each one is of 12 vdc. Where can i design the
gears and how? My team and I have a robotsumo
tournament and the time is next. if you can reply it, it
will be useful for us.
Hi all<br>I have recently received quite a lot of
e-mail's asking how a beginner could start in making
robots and if I would be able to give them plans to
build one. So what I need to know is how many people
would want plans for something like the "Driller
Killer". I need to know because it will take me some time
to do the plans and if not many people want them its
not worth me doing. So please give some response to
this
Thanks for the reply I have not had a lot of chat going at the club so your the
first to talk apart from me.<br>And what sort of radio control stuff do you
like?
thanx 4 that!!!but i already know that!!and if u
want 2 make it wth a car steerig u need a servo 2
control the 2 wheels or maybe even 1 if its a 3-wheeler.i
know a lot about remote control and so on!!im monkey
man by the way.from the bbc message board on
robotics!u invited me 2 join ur club!so im here and im a
full member!!
hello!im a new member and id like 2 say something
to al!!thnx 4 the invitation!as u can see ive now
become a member!!!i can see uve had less than 1000
visitors!im sorry!thatll soon change though coz i think ur
site is really good and all my friends will know about
it!!
A beginners guide to getting started in robotics
<br>One of the first thing to consider when making a
robot is the drive and power source. The drive source
being the most important of all. <br><br>The motors are
the biggest factor of your robot so take time in
getting the right ones. A common source for motors is in
old electronic gear such a video players, Walkman's,
computers, cars so long as they are D.C motors and not
stepper or any other type of motor, if you have not got
any old electronic gear and your on a tight budget
than your best bet is to go to a scrap yard and get
the electric motors from cars and you may get an
added bonus from doing like a gear box ready made and
fitted to the motor. Make sure the two motors you chose
are the same. Once you have found a suitable drive
source for your robot you must start to think on how you
are going to steer the robot. There are to ways of
doing this, you can have two motors one motor for each
side of the robot and to steer it you put one motor in
forward and the other in revers. The other way of
steering is to use the same type found on a real car this
can be more tricky to make and usually means that the
robot has one pair of wheels that do not have drive. So
we will presume that we are going to make a robot
with two motors one for each side. A basic shape for a
robot is a circle this is a good shape to use for
smaller indoor robots as it tends to stop the robot from
getting stuck on your furnishings. Place the motors
evenly on a circular peace of ply wood and fix them to
each other, put your wheels on the out put shafts of
the motors add a couple of casters then it's time for
the control gear. <br><br>There are many ways of
controlling robots but the easiest of them is radio control
gear this can be brought ready made so all you have to
do is fit the stuff and make some simple circuits.
For a simple robot like this one you should use one
speed controller and two micro switches. The speed
controller should be connected up to both motors and one
switch put on each motor so the motors can be turned off
independently of each other, this will give you the steering
for your robot. Make sure when buying the speed
controller that it can take the power needs of both the
motors put together. Get the right batteries for the for
the robot and the speed controller, for a small robot
like this you should use ni-cad batteries.
<br><br>Then once you have don all this you are ready for
testing. All you are left to do after testing is to start
adding your own touches to the robot. <br><br>The radio
gear, speed controller and batteries can be found in
model shops.
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