A guide to building BatBot, pretty much the best semi-autonomous robot ever made in 2013 by rockbot ;-)
Given at CascadiaJS on 11/15/2013
GitHub repo: https://github.com/rockbot/batbot
So you want tobuild a robot?Brought to you by @rockbot
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Recap
You <3 JS
Node + Robots =NodeBotsYou <3 JS
Node + Robots =NodeBotsYou <3 JSYOU can build robots!
Let’s build a robottogether
What is a robot?
Remote Controlled
Semi-autonomousRemote Controlled
Semi-autonomousRemote ControlledAutonomous
GOAL:
Step 1:Hardware
Sensors
Quality Price DifficultyStereoCamera Pair++++ $$ !!!LADAR/LIDAR++(+) $$$$ !SONAR + $ !
TOTAL COSTArduino UNO $30BOE Bot Robotics Shield Kit for Arduino $135Maxbotix Ultrasonic Rangefinder - LV-EZ2 $25Standard servo - TowerPro SG-5010 $15Sparkfun XBee Shield, XBee Explorer USB $502 XBee Pro Wire Antennae $75PS3 Dualshock Controller $45Glue Gun & Glue Sticks $10Cables, resistors, batteries, jumper wires, etc $25TOTAL $410
Step 2:Software
johnny-five
XBeeWireless
PS3DualshockController
Logic
DEMO TIME
YOUR TURN!
Raquel Vélez@rockbothttp://rckbt.me[email protected]https://github.com/rockbot/batbot