So I have decided to document publicly my attempt to build a robot. I hope it will be a good learning experience for me and for anyone that chooses to read this.
A little background. I am a CS student at the University of New Mexico and hope to use this as a platform for autonomous control and machine development.
The specs, as I have them in my head, so far are.
Controller - Arduino Uno (a great, low cost, open-source hardware processor)
Chassis - four wheeled with independent drive motors on each wheel. Platform will be a flat plate that will carry electronics and sensors.
Power - proof of concept will probably be corded power supply that will migrate to batteries and hopefully solar charging.
Wish list - I hope to add wireless programming, onboard SD card, GPS and some sort of display for diagnostics.
As yet the design is in the early stages of 3D modeling with Autodesk Inventor and as I develop more ideas I will post them here.
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