A camera would be very ambitious. Try starting with a line-following robot, using IR emitters and receivers.Eventually I want my breadboard robot to grow. I want it to have sensors (for example a camera), some way to control it through wifi/ethernet by a computer program.
Consider it an "educational tool". Don't try to take on too much at first. Just getting a stepper motor to run forwards and backwards at a predictable rate for the first time can be a challenge.As a side node. Im not expecting to build this robot immediately. I figure that this is an excellent platform to help keep me motivated during my EE degree.
OK, so you have your three major functional blocks. Now you can start expanding on those blocks.Id love to have this become a robot I can enter in a competition in later next year. I was thinking the problem out and a robot really has 3 systems:movement, sensors, control. I think the movement part is the easiest. Im not looking to build the next best thing. Just start with A to B. Then I can add sensors, and later a control system. Then I'll upgrade the different systems as needed.
Two steppers will get you rolling, if you use tricycle gear with the 3rd wheel a caster.So first things first, getting the breadboard to move. So it looks like we need 2 stepper motors, a uC, and a programmer. Im going to check with the EE tech for the labs and see if there is anything I can borrow/have to make it easier on my wallet.
by Aaron Carman
by Jake Hertz
by Jake Hertz