Self Navigating Robot!
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The program running on my computer is written in C#. The program in the robot is written in BASIC. :) Microcontrollers are normally programmed in C, C++ or BASIC.
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
Ashish Derhgawen wrote:
Microcontrollers are normally programmed in C, C++ or BASIC.
I knew we could use C(had used it for my college project), didn't know we could use BASIC
Ashish Derhgawen wrote:
The program running on my computer is written in C#.
When are you posting the article?:)
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Hello everyone, I've just built a Microbric Viper robot which uses a laser based obstacle detector to avoid obstacles: http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/04/self-navigating-microbric-viper-robot_25.html[^] I built the obstacle detector using a wireless webcam and a laser pointer. Well, this isn't the first time I'm using a laser based obstacle detector on a robot (I've used them before on computer controlled RC cars)..but this time the robot is able to scan its surroundings by rotating the obstacle detector with a servo. The camera on the robot sends images to a computer..and the computer determines how far obstacles are by checking the position of the laser dot in the camera's field of view. You can read more about it on my blog. :) The robot's microcontroller has been programmed in BASIC! My computer communicates with the robot using IR. Here's MSDN Coding4Fun article by Scott Hanselman on doing this if you're interested :) : http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2007/02/19/1720128.aspx[^][^] Well, I took a slightly different approach and used a computer controlled PlayStation 2 remote to control the robot. :) Be sure to watch the videos! Hope you like them. :-D Ashish
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
Show Off!!!:laugh: I love it. Robotics is a fun past time or even a career. Sound like you are using a Parallax Basic Stamp[^]. I find that site full of fun stuff and really good ideas. The prices are not to bad either.
God Bless, Jason
Programmer: A biological machine designed to convert caffeine into code.
Developer: A person who develops working systems by writing and using software. [^] -
Ashish Derhgawen wrote:
Microcontrollers are normally programmed in C, C++ or BASIC.
I knew we could use C(had used it for my college project), didn't know we could use BASIC
Ashish Derhgawen wrote:
The program running on my computer is written in C#.
When are you posting the article?:)
Article? I haven't really thought of writing an article...this project is a bit hardware specific.
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
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Show Off!!!:laugh: I love it. Robotics is a fun past time or even a career. Sound like you are using a Parallax Basic Stamp[^]. I find that site full of fun stuff and really good ideas. The prices are not to bad either.
God Bless, Jason
Programmer: A biological machine designed to convert caffeine into code.
Developer: A person who develops working systems by writing and using software. [^]jason_lakewhitney wrote:
Sound like you are using a Parallax Basic Stamp[^].
I'm using a Basic Atom microcontroller..not Basic Stamp. :)
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
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Hello everyone, I've just built a Microbric Viper robot which uses a laser based obstacle detector to avoid obstacles: http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/04/self-navigating-microbric-viper-robot_25.html[^] I built the obstacle detector using a wireless webcam and a laser pointer. Well, this isn't the first time I'm using a laser based obstacle detector on a robot (I've used them before on computer controlled RC cars)..but this time the robot is able to scan its surroundings by rotating the obstacle detector with a servo. The camera on the robot sends images to a computer..and the computer determines how far obstacles are by checking the position of the laser dot in the camera's field of view. You can read more about it on my blog. :) The robot's microcontroller has been programmed in BASIC! My computer communicates with the robot using IR. Here's MSDN Coding4Fun article by Scott Hanselman on doing this if you're interested :) : http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2007/02/19/1720128.aspx[^][^] Well, I took a slightly different approach and used a computer controlled PlayStation 2 remote to control the robot. :) Be sure to watch the videos! Hope you like them. :-D Ashish
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
Seeing the way that laser moves back and forth reminds me of the Cylons of Battlestar Gallactica. You bastard! You've begun the destruction of the Human Race! LOL!!:laugh::laugh::laugh:;P
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Article? I haven't really thought of writing an article...this project is a bit hardware specific.
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
Ashish Derhgawen wrote:
this project is a bit hardware specific.
It looks like your using the computer as a partial brain to control the device and your interfacing with the hardware to send/receive signals with the robot, the article could probably show how thats done.
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I'm not allowed to do anything outside my bedroom. Nice guess. :) By the way, my room is a big mess...I NEVER clean it. Ha haha. :laugh:
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
Ashish Derhgawen wrote:
my room is a big mess...I NEVER clean it. Ha haha.
Good for testing obstacles;) You need to develop a robot that will clean your room.
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jason_lakewhitney wrote:
Sound like you are using a Parallax Basic Stamp[^].
I'm using a Basic Atom microcontroller..not Basic Stamp. :)
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
Ashish Derhgawen wrote:
Basic Atom microcontroller
Got a link for that product.;) Parallax Basic Stamps are micro-controllers.
God Bless, Jason
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Ashish Derhgawen wrote:
Basic Atom microcontroller
Got a link for that product.;) Parallax Basic Stamps are micro-controllers.
God Bless, Jason
Programmer: A biological machine designed to convert caffeine into code.
Developer: A person who develops working systems by writing and using software. [^]Here it is: http://www.basicmicro.com/[^] :) Ashish
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
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Ashish Derhgawen wrote:
this project is a bit hardware specific.
It looks like your using the computer as a partial brain to control the device and your interfacing with the hardware to send/receive signals with the robot, the article could probably show how thats done.
I'll think about it :)
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
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Ashish Derhgawen wrote:
my room is a big mess...I NEVER clean it. Ha haha.
Good for testing obstacles;) You need to develop a robot that will clean your room.
My room is a perfect obstacle course. :laugh:
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
You need to develop a robot that will clean your room.
Hey, nice idea!
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
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Hello everyone, I've just built a Microbric Viper robot which uses a laser based obstacle detector to avoid obstacles: http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/04/self-navigating-microbric-viper-robot_25.html[^] I built the obstacle detector using a wireless webcam and a laser pointer. Well, this isn't the first time I'm using a laser based obstacle detector on a robot (I've used them before on computer controlled RC cars)..but this time the robot is able to scan its surroundings by rotating the obstacle detector with a servo. The camera on the robot sends images to a computer..and the computer determines how far obstacles are by checking the position of the laser dot in the camera's field of view. You can read more about it on my blog. :) The robot's microcontroller has been programmed in BASIC! My computer communicates with the robot using IR. Here's MSDN Coding4Fun article by Scott Hanselman on doing this if you're interested :) : http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2007/02/19/1720128.aspx[^][^] Well, I took a slightly different approach and used a computer controlled PlayStation 2 remote to control the robot. :) Be sure to watch the videos! Hope you like them. :-D Ashish
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
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Ashish, are you a drop-out? If not, drop out! You'll become a millionaire :-D
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Unfortunately, I'm not a drop-out yet. However, I really like your idea. Now I'll definitely drop out! :laugh:
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
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Unfortunately, I'm not a drop-out yet. However, I really like your idea. Now I'll definitely drop out! :laugh:
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
Which school/college do you go to?
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Which school/college do you go to?
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Which school/college do you go to?
There you go..VuNic knows it all...
VuNic wrote:
The college for the x-men. :-D
:cool:
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
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Hello everyone, I've just built a Microbric Viper robot which uses a laser based obstacle detector to avoid obstacles: http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/04/self-navigating-microbric-viper-robot_25.html[^] I built the obstacle detector using a wireless webcam and a laser pointer. Well, this isn't the first time I'm using a laser based obstacle detector on a robot (I've used them before on computer controlled RC cars)..but this time the robot is able to scan its surroundings by rotating the obstacle detector with a servo. The camera on the robot sends images to a computer..and the computer determines how far obstacles are by checking the position of the laser dot in the camera's field of view. You can read more about it on my blog. :) The robot's microcontroller has been programmed in BASIC! My computer communicates with the robot using IR. Here's MSDN Coding4Fun article by Scott Hanselman on doing this if you're interested :) : http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2007/02/19/1720128.aspx[^][^] Well, I took a slightly different approach and used a computer controlled PlayStation 2 remote to control the robot. :) Be sure to watch the videos! Hope you like them. :-D Ashish
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
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Hello everyone, I've just built a Microbric Viper robot which uses a laser based obstacle detector to avoid obstacles: http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/04/self-navigating-microbric-viper-robot_25.html[^] I built the obstacle detector using a wireless webcam and a laser pointer. Well, this isn't the first time I'm using a laser based obstacle detector on a robot (I've used them before on computer controlled RC cars)..but this time the robot is able to scan its surroundings by rotating the obstacle detector with a servo. The camera on the robot sends images to a computer..and the computer determines how far obstacles are by checking the position of the laser dot in the camera's field of view. You can read more about it on my blog. :) The robot's microcontroller has been programmed in BASIC! My computer communicates with the robot using IR. Here's MSDN Coding4Fun article by Scott Hanselman on doing this if you're interested :) : http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2007/02/19/1720128.aspx[^][^] Well, I took a slightly different approach and used a computer controlled PlayStation 2 remote to control the robot. :) Be sure to watch the videos! Hope you like them. :-D Ashish
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
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Hello everyone, I've just built a Microbric Viper robot which uses a laser based obstacle detector to avoid obstacles: http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/04/self-navigating-microbric-viper-robot_25.html[^] I built the obstacle detector using a wireless webcam and a laser pointer. Well, this isn't the first time I'm using a laser based obstacle detector on a robot (I've used them before on computer controlled RC cars)..but this time the robot is able to scan its surroundings by rotating the obstacle detector with a servo. The camera on the robot sends images to a computer..and the computer determines how far obstacles are by checking the position of the laser dot in the camera's field of view. You can read more about it on my blog. :) The robot's microcontroller has been programmed in BASIC! My computer communicates with the robot using IR. Here's MSDN Coding4Fun article by Scott Hanselman on doing this if you're interested :) : http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2007/02/19/1720128.aspx[^][^] Well, I took a slightly different approach and used a computer controlled PlayStation 2 remote to control the robot. :) Be sure to watch the videos! Hope you like them. :-D Ashish
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]
Nice! Although... having a dog chase a laser is much more fun :) I played around with a similar thing on my Lego NXT, but the sensor picks up too much noise. NXTs communicate using BlueTooth, which is fine for reprogramming but not as fast as IR... although also not prone to line-of-sight problems. IMO, the NXT is a smaller learning curve and less financial outlay, but clearly not as capable as other kits. NXT can be programmed using many languages, including the new MS Robotics Studio. Microbric is definitely very cool, but for beginners without a lot of money, I highly recommend the Lego NXT. (Viper kit might be cheaper, but comes with less "stuff" ... I didn't want to look up the conversion rate to AUD, someone else can google that) You know you are mentioned on their site? Very groovy :)
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Nice! Although... having a dog chase a laser is much more fun :) I played around with a similar thing on my Lego NXT, but the sensor picks up too much noise. NXTs communicate using BlueTooth, which is fine for reprogramming but not as fast as IR... although also not prone to line-of-sight problems. IMO, the NXT is a smaller learning curve and less financial outlay, but clearly not as capable as other kits. NXT can be programmed using many languages, including the new MS Robotics Studio. Microbric is definitely very cool, but for beginners without a lot of money, I highly recommend the Lego NXT. (Viper kit might be cheaper, but comes with less "stuff" ... I didn't want to look up the conversion rate to AUD, someone else can google that) You know you are mentioned on their site? Very groovy :)
"Quality Software since 1983!"
http://www.smoothjazzy.com/ - see the "Programming" section for freeware tools and articles.I think Lego NXTs come with ultrasonic sensors, right? Vipers don't come with any range sensors..so I had to make my own. :)
Jasmine2501 wrote:
Viper kit might be cheaper
I don't know how much these robots cost..because I got mine for free - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/03/microbric-robots.html[^] :cool:
Jasmine2501 wrote:
You know you are mentioned on their site? Very groovy :)
:omg: Cool! Thanks for letting me know. Ashish :)
Time flies like an arrow; Fruit flies like a banana. Ashish Derhgawen - http://ashishrd.blogspot.com[^]