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AGV

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Category: Rolling
Progress: Completed
Cost: 300 NZD
Time to Build: 4 months

An autonomous guided vehicle was built that could avoid particular objects on a course that involved line following, part detection, ultrasonic range finding etc. The circuit had to be completed multiple times without human intervention. This robot was awarded first place.

Parts included:

Encoders

Ultrasonic sensors

Reflective line sensors

Infrared Part detection

8051 Microcontroller

Ipod Stereo

Comments

jbot's picture

Top-notch work and design.

by jbot - 04/28/2010 - 1:34pm

Top-notch work and design. Congratulations on taking 1st place. If I may ask, who makes the encoders?

kiwibrisa's picture

Cheers. Theyr from USDigital,

by kiwibrisa - 04/28/2010 - 9:37pm

Cheers. Theyr from USDigital, E2s i think. USDigital have heaps of really nice encoders.

bot-thoughts's picture

Wow, that is amazing

by bot-thoughts - 04/27/2010 - 7:24pm

Wow, that is amazing craftsmanship.  The encoder system is absolutely killer.

mcb1's picture

Very Nice. Impressive to see

by mcb1 - 04/27/2010 - 1:08pm

Very Nice.

Impressive to see some fine machining, and effort going into the chassis as well, as the electronics.

Well done on your placing.