ROBOT DETAILS

 
 

The robot chassis is constructed of an 8 by 16 green LEGO plate. I used two 1 by 16, and two 1 by 6 plates to surround the green plate. Once this was built, I measured the dimensions and built a circuit board scaled to fit exactly inside this area. Twin 4.5 volt LEGO motors are mounted under this platform and connected to the wheels via rubber bands. This design was used as a simple test platform for the PIC control board.

 

This is the PIC programmer from MicroEngineering Labs. A program is written using PBASIC and compiled into something called HEX CODE. The programmer allows me to install this code into the PIC chip. Once the PIC has been programmed this way, it can be disconnected from the programmer and installed into the robot. The PIC will now function as a stand alone computer by performing all of the tasks without the aid of any outside intervention.

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