Mini robotic platforms

mini robotic platforms

The goal of this project is to develop a miniature chassis to experiment with very basic swarm robots. The prime inspiration is James McLurkin’s fantastic MIT project from the early 1990’s http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/ants/.

Features:

-Approximately under 2″ cubed and designed to be compact.

-All electronics powered by single Lithium Ion Battery (3.7V).

-All electronics relatively inexpensive (sensors all under or around 7$ each),- though the chain drive is a bit costly.

The second platform is stationary and allows a solar panel to move to better face the sun. It uses stepper motors instead of DC gearmotors.

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Last update: January 29, 2021