Build a Robot

Colleyville, TX (PRWEB) October 31, 2011

There are many great names in the Automotive Review industry; such as Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Auto Trader, and even the more humorous reviews like BBCs television program, Top Gear. All of these provide wonderful reports and reviews on all kinds of automobiles. You can now add another name to that prestigious listan energetic and tenacious 22 year old young man from Colleyville, TX, Bobby Johnson. Bobbys vision is to bring the automotive world directly to auto enthusiasts and consumers alike with the production of first-person, in-depth automotive reviews focusing mainly on the new car market. These videos can be found on his YouTube channel, GrandPrixGTP02, and although his vision seems revolutionary, he admits that this wasnt entirely his creation.

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My high school students Clayton Carson and Annie Wu (and not pictured Michael Tseng and Ryan Smith) are building on last year’s team’s work of modifying a child’s 4-wheeler toy to make it autonomously navigate the 256-acre George School campus. That is, when it is all said and done the vehicle will drive itself. Here is video of the first steps the robot took with the new batch of students in 2007-8. First, they programmed the robot’s wheels to spin for three seconds and then shut off. Next, they equip the vehicle with a sonic ranger to detect the presence of nearby objects. If the rover gets to within 40 inches of an object, the robot’s brain will kill the motor. Unfortunately, the robot’s battery was dead, so it moves rather slowly. All the robot can do now is move forward and stop. In the next iteration, they will make the robot follow a person walking in a straight line. Next, it will navigate around objects. Eventually, the vehicle will autonomously find its way around the campus with the aid of a GPS module (EM-406A SiRF III from SparkFun). Robodyssey Systems manufactures the RAMB II motherboard, which powers the robot’sbrain. The brain is NetMedia’s BX-24 microcontroller, which is programmed using the BasicX language. I am the author of the world’s only BasicX textbook; if you are interested in learning how to program your own robot, see my website at www.basicxandrobotics.com.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Question by Oh hello there.: Robot Programming and Parts?
I am looking to build a RC robot for a school project and i don’t have a very good idea on how to do it. I’ve looked up a few websites and i don’t quite understand all their fancy language. It needs to cost about $ 100 – $ 150 and I need to build a fair bit of it. I have a 1-2 months for designing and another 1-2 months for building. Does anyone know how i can do this or do you have any ideas for a good robot?

Is there some sort of software that you can use to program it so that it doesn’t run into walls or so that it walks up stairs?

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Question by annonymous: What programming language is used in making a Humanoid Robot like Asimo?
Can C++ or Turbo Pascal or Visual Basic program a robot to walk, dance and other simple things a human can do?

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WowWee Robosapien Humanoid Toy Robot with Remote Control

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How to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth Against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies

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Shipyard helps Shapleigh students build underwater robots
Guided by workers at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, their teachers and volunteer parents, student teams are building an underwater robot. Throughout the eighth-grade classrooms on Wednesday, students could be found busily working on their robots, …
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