Re: Robotic Vaccum Cleaner -- need help

sdeyoreo_at_hotmail.com
Date: 01/31/05


Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:13:57 -0500

Look here for motor controllers for robots and all other stuff:
www.ifirobotics.com
On 30 Jan 2005 18:21:22 -0800, ashwinurao@gmail.com wrote:

>hi,
>im doing my final year enginnering in computer science and have chosen
>to build a vaccum cleaner robot as a project.it carries marks so i need
>help from u guys all thru to get it done.plz do help this amateur in
>finishing this. i always love challenges and hence chose this topic.i
>stay in india,and here all such robotics stuff is considered to be
>hi-fi and we dont have any professors well versed in that field. it has
>to be completed within 3 months.i have a small budget(around $100).i
>have no idea abt the availability of the various electronic parts you
>ppl discuss in different topics. i have a sound knowedge abt
>electronics and mechanical but a good c/c++ programmer.i have decided
>it to be a stepper motor driven robot with proximity sensors all
>around. it communicates with comp using fm and gets it command ,whether
>to move forward or back. i need help on topics like
>1. c/c++ libraries supporting parallel port programming.
>2. how do i turn the robot left/right(using axel attached to front
>wheels or other techniques)
>3. wht type of ic's or controller to use for the stepper motor that i
>use to drive the robot, or is there any simple methods.
>4. any tutorial( online ) for building simple robots (easy way)
>thank a lot.
>Ashwin.



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