Arduino Vehicle Project

 

 

 

Arduino-Bot: Video

 

Challenge: Build a robotic vehicle that can follow a wall at a fixed distance.

               

                    Add lights and buzzers that indicate if it is turning left, right, or going straight.

 

                    Add a servo motor that enables robot to scan left and right, and find its way

                    through a maze- see Explorer Bot

 

                    Example

 

Example Code

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Controlling Motors with an H-Bridge:

 

• H-Bridge Tutorial from NYU: http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/Labs/DCMotorControl
• H-Bridge Theory:  http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/robotics/tutorial/h-bridge/
• UMass-Amherst H-Bridge Tutorial:  http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/m5/tutorials/H-Bridge_tutorial.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 17th- Algorithms - Prof. Javed Aslam

 

Creating Functions (useful for organizing code) 

 

Adjusting Output Speed with Pulse-width Modulation(PWM)

 

  analogWrite(pin,  value 0-255);

 

• Introduction
• Introduction- II 

 

Sensors: 

Challenge 5: Control Tone with  Light Sensor

 

• Fritzing Diagram
•  http://learn.adafruit.com/photocells/using-a-photocell

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Challenge 6: Using Ultrasound

 

• Using Ultrasonic Sensor
• Ultrasonic Sensor: http://youtu.be/E_GcoicsNJs 

 

Challenge 7: Using Motors

 

• Using Motors  with H-Bridges

 

 

 

Kenz's PID-Controlled Explorer-Bot

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• Fritzing Diagram 
• Using Servos