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Arduino Masterclass Part 4: Build a mini robot. Meet Rolly our first autonomous microbot based on an Arduino Uno microcontroller and our own .

The Uno’s cache of analogue and digital inputs and outputs are perfect for many real- world tasks and so far in this series that’s what we’ve been doing: lighting LEDs using temperature/humidity sensors and even creating a simple composite TV output. However this time we’re ramping things up pulling in parts from e. Bay Bunnings Jaycar and the local $2 shop to create a microcontroller- powered robot (microbot) called Rolly. This isn’t a remote- controlled bot – Rolly thinks for himself avoiding obstacles and determining his own direction. We’ll be looking at how to build Rolly in a two- part project introducing lots of new components and features looking at some new theory and as we’ve done in this series showing you how to put it all into practice. Getting the parts. The first thing you’ll want to do is get the parts together.

The goal in designing Rolly was to make a robot that was as cheap as possible to build and run yet still capable of showing personality. Depending on how many of the parts you have already the cost can come down to as little as $4. See the table below for the detailed parts list. Just be prepared – you may need to wait a few weeks for those e. C Windows Twain_32 Escndv Escndv Execution. Bay parts to arrive. We haven’t included other items such as a soldering iron (yes there’s some soldering required) needle- nose pliers miniature flat- blade screwdriver and the like so we’ll leave that for you to sort out (check out our Tech Corner on .

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You can grab that for free from our website at apcmag. The source code also contains the library files needed to run the external devices. Block diagram. We’ll talk more about how Rolly does what he does in the next series but the block diagram will give you a good idea of what’s going on. The microbot combines a number of real- world devices that we’re controlling all at the same time. It starts with the Motor Drive Shield (.

Although it’s connected to the Motor Drive Shield data from the ultrasonic sensor feeds directly into the Arduino microcontroller board. Steering the microbot is as simple as controlling the spin direction of the DC traction motors – if the left motor drives forward and the right motor backwards the bot will turn right and vice versa. With both motors driving forward the bot will obviously move forward and vice versa. It’s all controlled via the source code.

But that’s enough of the theory – let’s start building! Step 1: The base. Yes we’re using the lid of the food container as the base for our microbot. If you’re sniggering stop it – you can build yours out of whatever you want.

Just make sure it’s approximately 1. You may need to cut away a flange at the edge on either side of the lid to allow the shaft of the motor wheel to move freely. Carefully use a box knife and make sure you have all your fingers afterwards. Next drill two holes diagonally for the caster wheel at the opposite end of the base to your flange cuts.

Use the caster wheel mount plate as a template mark the holes and drill them. Tip: When drilling into plastic set your drill to the lowest speed start with a 2mm drill bit and work up to a 4mm bit. If you drill at high speed all at once you’ll rip the plastic to shreds.

Yes that really is a food container lid as our base – it’s cheap and see- through. Step 2: Solder the capacitors & wires. The 0. 1u. F capacitors have to be soldered across the motor connections and help reduce electrical noise in the circuit otherwise the Arduino gets a bit cranky. Provided you use ceramic or Mylar capacitors they have no polarity so just solder one leg to each motor connection tag and do so on both motors. Try to lay the capacitors flat against the yellow gearbox body to keep things neat. You also need to solder onto the connection tags the wires that go to the Motor Drive Shield. Try attaching them to the capacitor leads if you’re not confident to get everything soldered at the motor connection points.

These motors have a D- shaft and wheels that simply press onto the shaft. Use just enough pressure to get the wheel on. After that cut a small strip of double- sided padded tape peel back one layer and press it against the motor gearbox which will mate with the base. Tip: The motor connection tabs are quite weak so don’t bend or force them. And take no more than five seconds to solder the capacitors or you might cause the motor connection to break. The 0. 1u. F capacitors help reduce RF noise on the supply rail. Step 3: Install the DC motors.

Install the two DC motors to opposite sides of the base using the double- sided tape. Get the motors as close to the edge as possible to allow the wheel free movement. Use double- sided padded tape to attach the motors to the base. Step 4: Add the horn to the motor. The little SG9. 0 servo motor gives our microbot a neck so it can spin the ultrasonic sensor on its axis. The servo motor itself should come with an accessory pack of attachments called horns.

Use the two- sided arm and press it onto the servo motor shaft. You’ll probably need to use a bit of force to get it on the first time but try not to use too much.

Use the two- sided horn on the servo motor. Step 5: Solder the wires to the shield. The Motor Drive Shield provides the extra drive power to control the DC motors. It also provides connection for the servo motor and the ultrasonic sensor for which you’ll need four male- to- female Du. Pont wires. If you bought a bag of 4. Motor Drive Shield. Solder one wire to the +5.

V rail one to the GND pin and one each to analogue pins A4 and A5 down in the bottom right- hand corner. Check the block diagram for pin assignments. Solder four male- to- female Du. Pont wires to the Motor Drive Shield.

Step 6: Add the shield to the Arduino. The Motor Drive Shield has a series of pin headers on the bottom of the board – these align with the headers on the top of the Arduino. Align the pins and press the shield onto the Arduino board.

Align the pin headers and press the shield down into the Arduino Uno board. Step 7: Install the Arduino & battery. Grab some more double- sided padded tape and add it to the bottom of the Arduino board and the battery box. Note that you want the bottom of the battery box stuck to the base so you can easily remove the top of the box and get at the batteries. Make sure you orient the battery box so the slide switch hangs over the back edge to make it easier to operate.

Stick the battery box down first ensuring the switch overhangs at the back and align the Arduino/shield stack next to it. Depending on the size of the lip of your food container you may need two layers of padded tape to get the height right. Make sure the power switch is overhanging the back. Step 8: Install the sensor & motor. Next add some double- sided padded tape to the top of the ultrasonic sensor – use enough to wrap around the sides of the sensors for added stick. Make sure the four header pins are pointing up and press the sensor against the servo horn. Add some more tape to the bottom of the servo motor and install it at the front of the base near the caster wheel mounting holes.

Connect the servo motor power cable to the . The orange wire should go to the . The A5 wire should go to the . I used a loosely wrapped rubber band to keep the wiring neat and allow enough play to move freely. Tip: The HC- SR0. Installer Tomtom Sur Mon Pc Ne. Arduino’s analogue inputs although we first program them into digital inputs in our source code.

Attach the Du. Pont wires to the sensor pin header (check the block diagram). Step 1. 0: Wire up the motors & battery. Connect the battery to the EXT. One of the screw terminals in that block should be labelled +M or +; the other GND. Whichever battery holder you choose the red wire goes to the +M screw terminal and the black wire to the GND terminal.

The DC motor wires connect to the M1 and M2 screwblocks.