Difference between revisions of "Mighty Chihuahua"
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digital line sensor http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/959 | digital line sensor http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/959 | ||
| − | + | Motors are from Solarbotics | |
| − | Misc | + | Wheels are from Solarbotics |
| − | + | Battery is a NiMH 7.2V RC battery | |
| + | Controller (computer) is a Orangutan from Pololu. I cannot say enough good stuff about this controller. AWESOME! | ||
| + | Orangutan programmed with AdaFruit's USBTinyISP. Used WinAVR and programmers notepad. | ||
| + | Misc wire and other stuff | ||
| + | All held together with hot melt glue. Great stuff for building robots | ||
| + | Some birch plywood and acrylic plastic | ||
== Code == | == Code == | ||
Revision as of 21:46, 14 April 2011
Mighty Chihuahua AKA Darth Sidious is a 'bot Brian Wagner built for the Spring 2011 Sumobot competition hosted by Hive13. He is named so because of his yip-yip nature. He looks like a rabid Chihuahua with ADD. Watch out Mighty Chihuahua is coming after you!
Components
I will get pictures up soon, but until then here are the components I used...
digital line sensor http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/959 Motors are from Solarbotics Wheels are from Solarbotics Battery is a NiMH 7.2V RC battery Controller (computer) is a Orangutan from Pololu. I cannot say enough good stuff about this controller. AWESOME! Orangutan programmed with AdaFruit's USBTinyISP. Used WinAVR and programmers notepad. Misc wire and other stuff All held together with hot melt glue. Great stuff for building robots Some birch plywood and acrylic plastic
Code
This is the code I used. It worked OK, but not great. I need to tweak it more.
