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Week 17 - Printing the visuals, finalising the project.

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  Week 17 - Printing the visuals, finalising the project. Printing the visuals Finally managed to complete the skeleton of the robot, there was a problem with a weak wire connection that I managed to fix. The entire setup is done for the skeleton and I can finally proceed with the visuals. In the end I redid the entire shape from scratch, which ended up becoming my final visual sent for printing. Failed prints due to the bad quality of the printing material. Completed half of the print with a different matte material. Setting up the robot  It's time I started to set up the robot and combine all the parts together, below are the documentation of the setting up for the robot. Tutorials  Below are a list of tutorials used by me to help accomplish the project. Tracked Arduino Robot : 21 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables This tutorial helped with the basics of the robot such as the basis for my blueprint and parts. The code provided is very messy and doesn't help too much ...
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Week 16 - Skeleton of Robot, 3D Printing Final Visual, Code Polishing.

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Week 16 -  Skeleton of Robot,  3D Printing Final Visual, Code Polishing Skeleton of Robot Finally managed to complete the skeleton of the robot, there was a problem with a weak wire connection that I managed to fix. The entire setup is done for the skeleton and I can finally proceed with the visuals. I've also managed to test the robot's navigation and realised it needed more tweaking and changes. So I made extra effort to update and polish the code. 3D Printing Final Visual I printed a round shape surrounding the skeleton of the robot to better estimate the size of how I want the visual shell to look like. I then spent Tremendous time on the model, I had to redo the entire model from scratch for a bigger frame that was more appropriate for the size of the skeleton along with taking into consideration the printing cost/time. Code Polishing I updated the code with various examples available online. For one I changed the audio into a randomised serious that plays random audio fo...
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Week 15 - 3D Printing the visuals, assembling all the circuits.

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Week 15 - 3D Printing the visuals, assembling all the circuits. Printing the visuals I did a test print with the Ultrasonic Sensor Part first, outcome was more or less decent. Test printing the sizing for the Ultrasonic Sensor. Fitting the Ultrasonic Sensor onto the test print. I've also done some test prints of the outline for the entire visual but nothing much has been done to print it yet, I'll try to do additional test prints for the sizing and print them overnight. The battery holder with the latest new holder and a switch. Failed Test prints of the holder Assembling the circuits I printed the holder for the entire battery but realised its too long, so I added foam to give it an artificial spring yet maintaining the tight grip on the battery. I also decided to create a large gap in the holder to better grip the holder incase it slips out. The gap and fit of the battery holder Trying to attach the wires to the Motor Shield I'll need to spend some time to solder some new...
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Week 14 - Mounting the chassis, testing and visual design.

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  Week 14 - Circuit Building/Testing, Audio, Code Polishing, and Visual Design. Mounting the Chassis of the robot Not much to take notes on what has been done regarding the technicalities of the robot. I managed to use the laser cutting machine to cut a piece of wooden board and mounting the circuits, chassis and parts onto it. I've managed to incorporate the battery to work with the entire circuit while the circuits were mounted on the board. The process of mounting the parts. I started by dismantling the prototype while salvaging the parts that I can use for the final project. After that I began working with a simple wooden base that will emulate the size of the robot that I wanted, I then started attaching the L298N Motor Shield and Motors with tracks. Finally I attached the circuitry like Speakers, Breadboard, and the Battery into the whole build. The body of the robot with the Motor Servo attached. Power being supplied from the battery. Mounting the parts onto the board. The s...
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