Projects (Robotics)
My Robotics projects have been explained in brief here. These projects include theories as well as practicals.
The India "jugaad" is common in all my robots. These robots are cheap and are made from kits(mentioned) and made Open Source material as well.
DC Propulsion Vehicle
For Robotics beginners to Robotics Experts this project is done and enjoyed by all. This is a type of remote controlled robot that has fast turning speed,accuracy. 2 Motors are used to drive 4 wheels. A single motor powers the left wheels and another motor powers the right wheels. This gives a benifit of a 4 wheel drive and helps for a all terrain robot. This robot is not a competition winner but competitive enough to give a tough fight to the others. I am working on my Dc vehicle(2) which has spikes wheels whch will be completed in a month's time. Tutorial will be available on Youtube when the channel is launched.
Line Follower Robot
This is a robot that is the first project of many. I made it to enter into the World of Autonomous Robotics. It has a Atmega 8 Microcontroller with a L239D(H-Bridge). Instead of front 2 wheels a caster(Omni-Directional Wheel is used). 2 IR Sensors are used to determine the black line. The principal is to test wether the robot is moving on a black line or not is by transmitting ir rays to the grund surface. If the rays are are recived are in the reciever it is on the White Line. If the IR rays are not recieved after Transmission then it is a black line. This is because White Reflects and black Absorbs Light.
It doesnt matter how your robot works. It should just basically follow a black line as Light conditions,Type of sensors, Clock Speed of MCU vary so The main motive is to understand rather than the robot working.
3D Printer(RepRap)
This is one of my Biggest Projects. This is a RepRap I3 3d Printer. This is a open source project which changes your 3d drawings/CAD files into Tangible Objects. I have started Working on it. It will be completed by 20 March. It uses a Arduino Mega 2560 MCU.The Arduino Shield is Ramps 1.4 with the provision of dual extruder/temperature monitoring and all the complex stuff. The Motors are Nema 17 stepper motors. Basically RepRap means Replicating Rapid Prototyper. It can Replicate 50% of it self(excluding metallic rods,Nuts,Washers,PCB and other non Plastic parts.Tutorials will be added to my page.(Photo on the left is not mine but it will be more or the less same.)