Sunday, May 31, 2015

ASOM (sensor library): update and bug fixes




Many many thanks to Daniele Ratti who made a lot of improvements to the section concerning the RTC module. He made also some bug fixes and tested all the procedures.


The new version of the sensor library can be downloaded from GitHub here.

Enjoy!

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Sonar robot (multiple HC-SR04): the components list




Here is the list of the modules, motors etc. that has been used to build the sonar robot. All the material can be easily found in specialized shop or on Ebay for few Euros. Pay attention to the version of the motor shield you have. It has to match the version of the library you have installed.

2x DC Motor 3-6V and their wheels and tyres
1x fixed wheel caster
Motor Shield Adafruit 1438
3x Ultrasonic sensor HC-SR04 (or similar)
180 points prototype mini-breadboard (or similar)
A bunch of cables (male-female and male-male)
Patafix or blue tack
Bi-adesive velcro stripe
8mm acrylic sheet
...and your friend Arduino!

Sonar Robot (multiple HC-SR04)




A big bravo to the students of Complexity class of Nice Sophia Antipolis University (France)!

Following the guidelines of this post, the students realized an explorer robot which can perform some basic obstacle avoidance.

Some photos



The material

The complete list of components and all the materials used to build the robot can be found here.

The software

  • AF_Motor library (download it from GitHub here and follow this guidelines for its installation)
  • HC-SR04 programming guidelines found here (see also the connected links)
  • Homebrewed artificial intelligence inspired from here.

More photos, movies and software



Enjoy!