5th SoR robot contest now open

[Admin]

I am now declaring the 5th contest:
http://www.societyofrobots.com/free_robot_contest.shtml

The rules have changed slightly from previous years.

The dates are chosen based on winter vacation - you have the holidays to finish! If you have already written a robot tutorial and didn't win in a previous contest, you can re-enter it in if you want (but it must be improved).

Everyone that is participating make a single post here declaring their entry. (do not email me!)

Include two things:
1) Short paragraph that describes what your robot will do when its finished.
2) Picture(s) that represent your robot as a whole (yes, a CAD image is also ok).

IF YOU ARE NOT ENTERING THE CONTEST, DO NOT POST HERE
IF YOU ARE NOT ENTERING THE CONTEST, DO NOT POST HERE
IF YOU ARE NOT ENTERING THE CONTEST, DO NOT POST HERE

ASK ALL QUESTIONS IN ANOTHER POST, PLEASE!
ASK ALL QUESTIONS IN ANOTHER POST, PLEASE!
ASK ALL QUESTIONS IN ANOTHER POST, PLEASE!

Make it good: this is also a sort of 'pre-advertising' to win you more votes later.

As soon as you do this, I will set up a web account for you (if you do not yet already have one).

Also, *do not* ask me anything about the Axon II, even though its the 1st place prize. No exceptions.

[MangoBot]

Name:ARP or Autamatic Pet Feeder

Purpose:Autamatically fill a food bowl with food so that a pet will always be fed.

Parts: 2' of 2" pipe
        3 90 degree angle corners
        2 metal can
        Misc. Small screws
        Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0. Some info on it is on the link below.
http://mindstorms.lego.com/eng/Israel_dest/default.aspx

Other: 2 motors will allow food to flow into the bowl, and a light sensor will close the pipes when the food covers the sensor because of the lack of light

[airman00]

I'll be doing an extensive tutorial on my omniwheel robot that plays soccer.

Soccer Robot Scoring Goal	LQ | HQ

[dellagd]

hey guys, entering my SUPER easy to build BS2 robot for BS2 beginers with no place to go and are looking for a nice project.

My (w/ friend's help) wall-avoiding robot	LQ | HQ

The shake test for my robot	LQ | HQ

can be built for around $30
Great $50 bot alterative for under $50 if you have the board and are stuck with it.

PVC frame also makes it highly expandible off of.

(instead of pic I pit video)

This robot can scan its surronding and not run into walls, pretty self explanitory.
Also with the PBASIC language you could easily adapt this to a photovore robot.

This is a great beginner robot with its very easy to grasp language and nice interfacce.
The Della-WAHR is also much more expandible than having to BUY attachments for the Parallax Boe-Bot

Videos with some steps also help alot when following the tutorial

Before the break comes I also plan on making a motored (not servo) version and also more attachments


Vote for me!
http://www.societyofrobots.com/member_tutorials/node/323

[thebeardedone]

My robot will be an entry for the RobotChallenge 2010 in Vienna.

Robot name: Ookami

Class: Mini Sumo Bot

Description: Ookami was inspired by the robot designs seen on the UK series of robot, especially Panic Attack built by Kim Davies. Although it is not a combat bot, I wanted to come up with a design that has a medium profile and a solid frame. It will utilise the sharp IR range finder mounted on a servo, green dot compound tires and will have a frame built using HDPE or ABS plastic. It will then be sprayed in black. I will also make use of a Roboduino and it will be programmed in C.

I have included some CAD images for your viewing pleasure (not to scale and not particularly accurate or pretty):
Isometric Left


Isometric Right


Front



This is my first robot build, but I have been doing electronics for some time.

Thank you.

[Asellith]

OK announcing my entry into the contest....



Concept is to be a 3 wheeled omnidirectional robot. The first iteration of the unit will be a simple object avoidance robots.

The main control unit will be the Axon connected to at least one, possibly two, if time allows, modules base on the OSCAR specifications. At this point the Axon can do everything that the modules will do but the idea is to make building blocks that allow users to easily create complex robots quickly and efficiently without having to learn the intricate details of how a sensor or function they want to perform is done.

The two modules to be included are:
1. Distance sensor module to include the EZ1 sonar sensors and possible sharp IR sensors. Object avoidance and wall following functions will be included
2. Servo control with options for simple navigation using omni wheels. I.E. Main controller says go at angle 45 or rotate 90 degrees on center and the module handles what the wheels do.

I plan to write 3 complete tutorials for this project.

1. Construction of the robot chassis
2. Implementation of Multimaster I2C communication using AVR MCUs
3. Code and Manual for use with any modules created

I want this little guy to be the first complete OSCAR robot and a test platform for future modules.

[offy]

I am going to enter my "SnR Robot" for Search n' Rescue.

Task: Find human in woods, signal for help, and drop off goods for human
Go back to base, and lead people to the human that needs help

Started: October 24th 2009
Est End: December 5th 2009

Chassis Progress:

[TrickyNekro]

Since I only got to finish the robot and document it, I think that I'll make it
and so I'm entering...

I'll be entering with my autoparking vehicle
This was first intend to be a GPS UGV but time was short and I need it to be ready for a
robotics exhibition at my country so I only made it to park based on the measured free space
through the encoders and the existence of free space or not... Not being able to park in tight situations...
I hope I'll be able to fit the sensors and to the programming until the end of the period available...

Here's a picture from the exhibition... (nice days!!!)

[awally88]

I'm looking at making a logo turtle based robot which can be controlled wirelessly.

The logo langugage for those who don't know is a an old simple language which was commonly used to program a turtle-like robot which could be controlled using statements such as forward 10, leftturn 90, back 20 etc.

The original design for this looked awful so I'm going to design a wireless version of this which will hopefully have a nice gui control as well as looking pretty sweet itself. The computer side programming will also have some functions which will aid in drawing shapes and hopefully words if time permits.

I will provide more details/CAD as soon as I finish my end of year exams.

[vidam]

I'm making a tutorial to compete in the Penn State Mini Grand Challenge 2010. It will give the technical approach used to compete from hardware and software. Also you will get to see how the approach fails/wins in April 2010.

[spykid99]

Here's my 2 pence!

Concept is scaled down transport ship that can:

• Dock
• Maneuver Obstacles
• Navigate to a Target

Controlled autonomously or remotely via computer GUI

More details and a CAD to follow!

Spykid99

[Hadamard]

I plan to finish building a carpet rover robot that uses ultrasonic range finders and a CMUcam. Its purpose is to avoid obstacles and follow a red object (such as a ball).

Major Parts:
1 Parallax Javelin Processor
2 Parallax Ping Ultrasonic Range Finders
2 HiTEC HS-422 standard servos
2 HiTEC HSR-1422CR Continuous Rotation Servos
1 CMUcam (1st Generation a.k.a. Boebot CMUcam)

Right now I have the entire robot built and working except for the CMUcam. I have just recently started tinkering with it and need to figure out how to mount it on my robot.



Later I will post a video of it in action.