Re: Robotic Vaccum Cleaner -- need help
From: Mark Jones (abuse_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 01/31/05
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:18:14 -0500
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.
>
In the engineering field, you'll face problems like this all the time.
Therefore you must learn how to answer your own questions. Being resourceful is
critical in this field - those who can do it, flourish, while those who can't,
drop out.
That said, have a look here:
http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/electricCircuits/
This will give you lots of help with every aspect of your robot. It covers
everything from ohm's law to stepper motor topologies.
If I may make a suggestion... if you do not already have a reliable RF
transmitter and receiver, don't bother building your own - that could easly take
three months. I would buy a premade RF module, perhaps a pair like the FMRTFQ1 &
FMRRFQ1 at http://www.okwelectronics.com/products/radiolist.html - but you'll
probably want to find a similar vendor closer to yourself.
Have fun.
-- "All this talk of FTL-travel sounds like hocus-pocus, except when considering
the speed of graviton flux was at one time said to be infinite." MCJ 200405
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