My Rover Project with codev2

This is the first documented test of my Rover project. it is just
the obstacle detection software running on an Arduino mega. instead of
having the arduino decode the recievers outputs and the encode back to
servo, i used SPDT relays to disconnect the signal wires to the servos
and connect the arduino digital outputs to the same wire. this kills
all user input and impliment a set of manuvers to get out of the
situation.
attached is the code, for any rover guys that want it


Tags: arduino, detection, mega, obstacle, rover

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on January 25, 2010 at 6:49pm
I switched the category to Ground Vehicles
Permalink Reply by Dustin Romero on January 25, 2010 at 7:20pm
thank you chris, how can i embed the video?

ModeratorPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on January 25, 2010 at 7:28pm
Just paste the embed code into the text. Not sure why it didn't work for you...try again?
Permalink Reply by Dustin Romero on January 25, 2010 at 8:31pm
had to paste the code in the source section
Permalink Reply by Dave Glidden on January 25, 2010 at 8:48pm
Pretty cool so far! Keep at it.
Permalink Reply by Dustin Romero on January 26, 2010 at 12:29pm
thanks man, if you have any suggestions on how to make the code run smoother or something like that just let me know
Permalink Reply by Adam Scriven on March 30, 2012 at 2:20pm

I'd love an update on this, and have you ever thought of implementing the 'vision' system w/ a kinect?


ModeratorPermalink Reply by Thomas J Coyle III on April 3, 2012 at 9:34am

Adam,

The Kinect is fragile, takes about an amp of current during operation, and requires a processing capability beyond the Arduino.

Just a thought.

Regards,

TCIII

Permalink Reply by Adam Scriven on April 4, 2012 at 7:31pm

I knew a kinect would have to attach to a mini-itx or raspberry-pi or something beefier than an arduino, but I didn't know it suched _so_ much power or was considered fragile, thanks for the heads up!

I'd been considering looking into them for a UGV I'm brainstorming over, but perhaps not anymore!


ModeratorPermalink Reply by Thomas J Coyle III on April 5, 2012 at 9:54am

Hi Adam,

Parallax is using the Kinect on their EDDIE robot chassis which uses a laptop or a mini-itx to process the Kinect video data stream. The tilt motor in the Kinect is not very robust and can overheat quickly when continuous tilt commands are sent to the Kinect. Check out this link: http://www.norrislabs.com/

Regards,

TCIII

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