Aliased from Prototype and PrototypeRobot
This page lists some possible prototypes that could be built. Each prototype will include:
- controller: microprocessor or microcontroller used, which might imply which programming language(s) would be available to program the robot
- components: motors, motor encoders, sensors, etc.
- estimated size and weight (we need to come up with some kind of robot weight categories)
- a Bill of Materials (the major components necessary to build the robot — this might not include things like plastic sheet, nuts and bolts, wire, etc. but could)
- estimated cost
- some notion of the difficulty level (not age level!)
Robot Geometry#
Robots come in all shapes and sizes, and can have one or more wheels, tank treads, flippers or propellers, etc.
For example, for wheeled robots there's designs like:
- tank treads
- two-wheeled balancing robots
- two-wheeled differential drive robots with casters (like the KD01 or SR04)
- four to six to eight wheeled robots (like the KR01)
- Ackermann steering
(car style) robots, possibly using a radio-controlled car chassis
- mars rovers with rocker-bogie or triple-rocker designs
Some Possible Prototypes#
These are robots currently being designed by Murray:
- the KR01 robot: and derivations thereof
- the KC01 robot: a CircuitPlayground & Crickit based robot
- the KRZ01 robot: using a Raspberry Pi Zero W and PiconZero controller
Feel free to propose/design/build your own, then make a project page for it.