Swarm Robotics Prototype 1.0: Why prototype 0.0 will fail...

Hi all. I hope you tried out the last project i suggested to get some insight into swarm robotics. Now all those who did mostly know why I am writing this post. The swarm robotics algorithm that we discussed in the last post fails because of a very practical reason. The second robot that was following the first does not have to turn when the first does, it has to turn a 'little later' And this is where we come across a very important aspect of robotics, that of calibration.

Swarm Robotics Prototype 0.0

Now that we have done some basic electronics...little bit of interfacing and we 'say' that we make robots, let us go on to one of the latest advances in robot technology: Swarm Robotics.

Should I use a Development Board ???

One of the questions I have heard a lot of people talk about is should they be using a development board for the project they are working on. For those who are not aware, a development board is a pcb that you get in the market that has the interfacing pins brought out using burg strips. These boards, produced by companies dedicated to hobby electronics or by the chip companies themselves make the interfacing a LOT easier. Things like programming the controller or testing the algorithms is a lot faster.

A brief look at interfacing...

Hi ppl...so far I have written a little about some simple robots. The similarity in all of those projects was that we took a controller, some sensors and put them together to make a robot move according to some pre-planned algorithm.

Towards a Photopopper...following light !

So far we have had a discussion on a simple line follower robot. Approached by many at a beginner level, the line follower provides a lot of practical working knowledge in the field of robotics. Now I am thinking that you have taken you shot at a line follower, and would like to mention another well known robot, the photopopper. Though not really difficult to make, the photopopper provides little more inroads to what we call biologically inspired intelligence.