Tankbot I

This little guy was my first attempt at a robotics platform. It has had a variety of controllers and sensors on it throughout the years. The latest incarnation is a mega16 with some older motor driver and encoder modules.

Tamiya Tank PlatformThis platform started out as a kit like this one.

Pictures

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Fancy design work

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Encoder wheels from small
cassette player

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ATMega16 board on right
Motor driver board upper left
encoder board lower left

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Top view of motors

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9.6V battery underneath
for electronics

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Motor driver chip – L298N

The bot now has a cliff sensor and will run around a tabletop without driving off the edge (hopefully anyway). I used a GP2D12 IR sensor which seems to work reasonably well. Now I need to add other sensors to keep from bumping into things and an RF link for commands/feedback.