GoRobotics.net March Update

Archiver

Hey everybody,
I just wanted to let everyone know that I've finally got the
March/February GoRobotics.net update done. I appreciate everyone's patience.
In this update I've added articles on:

http://www.gorobotics.net/smallbot.shtml - Building A Simple, Cheap, and
Small Robot
http://www.gorobotics.net/mazebot3.shtml - Building A (what used to be) Maze
Solving Robot part 3
http://www.gorobotics.net/servoencoder.shtml - Update on the servo encoder
article
http://www.gorobotics.net/bookcontest.shtml - Win a signed copy of Gordon
McComb's _Robot Builder's Bonanza_
http://www.gorobotics.net/robosapiensreview.shtml - Review of Robosapiens
http://www.gorobotics.net/aboutus.shtml - About Us
http://www.gorobotics.net/commet.shtml - Comment about the site
http://www.gorobotics.net/contributingauthors.shtml - Contributing authors
bios and articles

Don't forget to vote in our new poll - "Do you think the faltering US
economy will affect amateur robotics in any way?"
Thanks again. We're always looking for authors, news, and whatever goodies
you come up with!
-William

P.S. If you don't think this is appropriate subject matter for this list
please tell me. I just figure people might want to know.

Archiver

Depending on what size motors you are using, Digikey had some small DC
motors with a tach connection on them. I wish I would have seen them before
I committed to another motor and encoder.

I still building the hardware for my robot, but we stole some 100-slot
encoder wheels and opto-interrupters from work -- hopefully they will work
out.

I'm gonna snap some photos later and put them on my web page.

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Original Message

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> I read your maze solving article. I thought it was quite interesting. I
> have almost the exact IR emitter-detector setup and it works quite well.
I
> too am having the problem of solving a maze reliably as my robot is using
DC
> motors and there is no feedback encoder incorporated. Just thought that I
> would let you know that I personally enjoyed the article.

Archiver

Hi,
I read your maze solving article. I thought it was quite interesting. I
have almost the exact IR emitter-detector setup and it works quite well. I
too am having the problem of solving a maze reliably as my robot is using DC
motors and there is no feedback encoder incorporated. Just thought that I
would let you know that I personally enjoyed the article.
Regards,
Jim

> Hey everybody,
> I just wanted to let everyone know that I've finally got the
> March/February GoRobotics.net update done. I appreciate everyone's
patience.
> In this update I've added articles on:
>
> http://www.gorobotics.net/smallbot.shtml - Building A Simple, Cheap, and
> Small Robot
> http://www.gorobotics.net/mazebot3.shtml - Building A (what used to be)
Maze
> Solving Robot part 3
> http://www.gorobotics.net/servoencoder.shtml - Update on the servo encoder
> article
> http://www.gorobotics.net/bookcontest.shtml - Win a signed copy of Gordon
> McComb's _Robot Builder's Bonanza_
> http://www.gorobotics.net/robosapiensreview.shtml - Review of Robosapiens
> http://www.gorobotics.net/aboutus.shtml - About Us
> http://www.gorobotics.net/commet.shtml - Comment about the site
> http://www.gorobotics.net/contributingauthors.shtml - Contributing authors
> bios and articles
>
> Don't forget to vote in our new poll - "Do you think the faltering US
> economy will affect amateur robotics in any way?"
> Thanks again. We're always looking for authors, news, and whatever goodies
> you come up with!
> -William
>
> P.S. If you don't think this is appropriate subject matter for this list
> please tell me. I just figure people might want to know.
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>

Archiver

You don't happen to know the digikey webpage or item number do you? Thanks,
Jim

> Depending on what size motors you are using, Digikey had some small DC
> motors with a tach connection on them. I wish I would have seen them
before
> I committed to another motor and encoder.
>
> I still building the hardware for my robot, but we stole some 100-slot
> encoder wheels and opto-interrupters from work -- hopefully they will work
> out.
>
> I'm gonna snap some photos later and put them on my web page.
>
>

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Original Message

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>
> > I read your maze solving article. I thought it was quite interesting.
I
> > have almost the exact IR emitter-detector setup and it works quite well.
> I
> > too am having the problem of solving a maze reliably as my robot is
using
> DC
> > motors and there is no feedback encoder incorporated. Just thought that
I
> > would let you know that I personally enjoyed the article.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>

Archiver

http://www.digikey.com/

I'll need to check to be sure that was where I saw them -- I didn't find the
motors in their online stuff.

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Original Message

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> You don't happen to know the digikey webpage or item number do you?

> > Depending on what size motors you are using, Digikey had some small DC
> > motors with a tach connection on them. I wish I would have seen them
> before
> > I committed to another motor and encoder.

Archiver

Thanks for the encouragement! I worked hours and hours on trying to get the
stupid thing not to hit the walls. I finally decided that the only way I
could do it without spending an arm and a leg would be to redesign the whole
thing. Let me know if you make any progress.
-William

> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 22:03:21 -0500
> From: "Jim Szymczak" <szymczak@c...>
> Subject: Re: GoRobotics.net March Update
>
> Hi,
> I read your maze solving article. I thought it was quite interesting. I
> have almost the exact IR emitter-detector setup and it works quite well.
I
> too am having the problem of solving a maze reliably as my robot is using
DC
> motors and there is no feedback encoder incorporated. Just thought that I
> would let you know that I personally enjoyed the article.
> Regards,
> Jim
>
> > Hey everybody,
> > I just wanted to let everyone know that I've finally got the
> > March/February GoRobotics.net update done. I appreciate everyone's
> patience.
> > In this update I've added articles on:
> >
> > http://www.gorobotics.net/smallbot.shtml - Building A Simple, Cheap, and
> > Small Robot
> > http://www.gorobotics.net/mazebot3.shtml - Building A (what used to be)
> Maze
> > Solving Robot part 3
> > http://www.gorobotics.net/servoencoder.shtml - Update on the servo
encoder
> > article
> > http://www.gorobotics.net/bookcontest.shtml - Win a signed copy of
Gordon
> > McComb's _Robot Builder's Bonanza_
> > http://www.gorobotics.net/robosapiensreview.shtml - Review of
Robosapiens
> > http://www.gorobotics.net/aboutus.shtml - About Us
> > http://www.gorobotics.net/commet.shtml - Comment about the site
> > http://www.gorobotics.net/contributingauthors.shtml - Contributing
authors
> > bios and articles
> >
> > Don't forget to vote in our new poll - "Do you think the faltering US
> > economy will affect amateur robotics in any way?"
> > Thanks again. We're always looking for authors, news, and whatever
goodies
> > you come up with!
> > -William
> >
> > P.S. If you don't think this is appropriate subject matter for this list
> > please tell me. I just figure people might want to know.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >