AlmightyArjen Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 (edited) Hi! Didn't know this forum, pretty awesome! I want to show you my technic robots that I've built so far. Since I'm from the early 80's, I never got used to building with studless (although I see some advantages) so forgive me: the robots are all studded ;) Next to that: I love electronics and I love to design it myself so I'm using the Arduino platform instead of NXT to control my robots. For me it's more flexible (and cheaper). Plant watering robot This was an idea of a colleaque of mine when I was telling that I was building an autonomous rover (see below). He said to me: why don't you build something useful like a robot that takes care of the plants while you're on holiday! And an idea was born... See below the result :) Autonomous rover which returns to a charging station when battery runs low This one was a real hassle to get it work. The rover itself wasn't the problem, but to make it park into the charging station was tricky. But I pulled it off by a coded IR signal which tells the rover when to turn and drive into the station. It's built in a Classic Space theme with cool lights. Oh, and in the end of the video, the rover takes care of some evil space pirates ;) Light chasing autonomous rover Predecessor of the rover above: driven by NXT motors it was a "real rover" with wheels. Unfortunately it wasn't agile enough to make it park into a charging station... Edited February 19, 2013 by AlmightyArjen Quote
Jim Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 (edited) Hi Arjen, Welcome to EB. That's a cool setup! Nice job, realigning the robot for his recharge. And nice scifi tunes to enhance the dramatic effect Edited February 19, 2013 by Gekke Ted Quote
Boxerlego Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 These robots are awesome. With your plant watering robot I like how you keep the water in circulation to prevent stagnation. That is very important. Check out this video Quote
AlmightyArjen Posted February 19, 2013 Author Posted February 19, 2013 These robots are awesome. With your plant watering robot I like how you keep the water in circulation to prevent stagnation. That is very important. Check out this video Thanks. Nice video: never thought it would work like that! But I think the shape is too sophisticated to build it with lego bricks... Quote
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