Low cost robot platform

[Dale Gomes]

I saw these at Godfreys, perhaps good for a basic platform?

[tubular]

wow!, nice fine there.  

Formation vacuuming here we come.   Multiple vacs can vacuum in parallel for speed or single file for a thorough clean... 

[Stuart Young]

Or from different ends of the house and meet in the middle without overlap!

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wow!, nice fine there.  

Formation vacuuming here we come.   Multiple vacs can vacuum in parallel for speed or single file for a thorough clean... 

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[damie...@gmail.com]

Looks like it's a hard floor sweeper, so I don't know how it goes on carpet floors.
The website shows a rotating brush underneath, and something on one side that could be a nudge sensor. Reviews are highly critical of the battery.

Nevertheless, as a platform for getting into hacking robots, it looks like an interesting and low-cost place to start. Look at it this way: wheels, motors, battery, chassis and basic build are done for you.

I might try get one on the weekend and see if I can figure-out (or bypass) its motor controller.

Ta for the heads-up! :)

Cheers,
Damien

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Or from different ends of the house and meet in the middle without overlap!

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wow!, nice fine there.  

Formation vacuuming here we come.   Multiple vacs can vacuum in parallel for speed or single file for a thorough clean... 

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[tubular]

Well... Ringwood is sold out, but said they might have more stock on Wednesday.   

Anyone torn one down yet? 

[Rob B]

Just cleaned out Ascot Vale store, got two anyone interested let me know. Ill be in on Monday.

Regards Rob B

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Well... Ringwood is sold out, but said they might have more stock on Wednesday.   

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[Rob B]

anyone want to drive to Highpoint shopping centre, I was told they have "heaps" (well that stands for testing), I'd ring first.

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Just cleaned out Ascot Vale store, got two anyone interested let me know. Ill be in on Monday.

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Well... Ringwood is sold out, but said they might have more stock on Wednesday.   

Anyone torn one down yet? 

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[Trystan -Crenn- Jones]

I can pop my head in tomorrow as I'll be there.

-Crenn

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[ajfisher]

Don't have a car to get to anywhere near a godfreys but if someone picks up a spare one I'd be happy to chip them the $$ and see if I can't one of these running nodebots ;P

[Trystan -Crenn- Jones]

There is 11 in stock at Highpoint if anyone is interested.

-Crenn

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I can pop my head in tomorrow as I'll be there.

-Crenn

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anyone want to drive to Highpoint shopping centre, I was told they have "heaps" (well that stands for testing), I'd ring first.

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Just cleaned out Ascot Vale store, got two anyone interested let me know. Ill be in on Monday.

Regards Rob B

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Well... Ringwood is sold out, but said they might have more stock on Wednesday.   

Anyone torn one down yet? 

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[Rob B]

Seems to be some price difference but maybe the same machine on Alibaba ??

Rob B

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[Ben Stringer]

One left at Caulfield. Did a surprisingly good job navigating chair legs under a dining room table. 

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[AJ]

probably driving to the airport either sunday or monday or tuesday
it's a small deviation.
departing from richmond/kew/hawthorn area.

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> anyone want to drive to Highpoint shopping centre, I was told they
> have "heaps" (well that stands for testing), I'd ring first.
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> Just cleaned out Ascot Vale store, got two anyone interested let
> me know. Ill be in on Monday.
> Regards Rob B
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> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 4:37 PM, tubular

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Did anyone check Camberwell?

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probably driving to the airport either sunday or monday or tuesday    it's a small deviation.
departing from richmond/kew/hawthorn area.



On 16/09/2016 5:14 PM, Rob B wrote:

anyone want to drive to Highpoint shopping centre, I was told they have "heaps" (well that stands for testing), I'd ring first.

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    Just cleaned out Ascot Vale store, got two anyone interested let
    me know. Ill be in on Monday.
    Regards Rob B

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I'm driving to airport today Sunday at 4.30pm... Let me know ASAP if you want me to pick one up

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[Jai]

I would love you to pick one up for me. Can paypal you money, and if you leave it at the space that would be fine. Thanks! 

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[damie...@gmail.com]

I just phoned the branch on Chapel Street, and they're sold out.

Their system shows Chadstone store has some in stock.

It's an end-of-line product, hence the reduced price. 

They also said today's the last day of the sale.

HTH,

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[AJ]

can do. i live just around the corner from the space, pick it up
whenever.. or let me know when next you're there..
you have my email (below), i'll give you my paypal/address details off
list.

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> On 18 September 2016 11:05:44 am AEST, Dale Gomes <da...@gomes.com

> <mailto:da...@gomes.com>> wrote:
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> Did anyone check Camberwell?
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> On 18 Sep 2016 11:01 am, "AJ" <ajba...@gmail.com

> <mailto:ajba...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>
> probably driving to the airport either sunday or monday or
> tuesday it's a small deviation.
> departing from richmond/kew/hawthorn area.
>
>
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> On 16/09/2016 5:14 PM, Rob B wrote:
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> was told they have "heaps" (well that stands for
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>
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[Trystan -Crenn- Jones]

Darn, was hoping I could get one for myself in 2 weeks time :(

-Crenn

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[Andy Gelme]

hi Andrew,

On 2016-09-17 11:25 , ajfisher wrote:
> Don't have a car to get to anywhere near a godfreys but if someone
> picks up a spare one I'd be happy to chip them the $$ and see if I
> can't one of these running nodebots ;P

Done.

Dale Gomes wrote:
> Did anyone check Camberwell ?

Last two picked up from the Camberwell store.

Had to work hard to convince the sales person that I *didn't* need to
provide any details for warranty purposes !

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On 18 September 2016 at 14:48, Andy Gelme <an...@geekscape.org> wrote:

 

Last two picked up from the Camberwell store.

Had to work hard to convince the sales person that I *didn't* need to
provide any details for warranty purposes !

 

"I aim to void the warranty." *polite smile*

[Andy Gelme]

hi All,

Mission accomplished ...

Super-Hero robot sweeper (TO-RSW) tear down

http://blog.geekscape.org/wordpress/2016/09/18/super-hero-robot-sweeper-to-rsw-tear-down

... let the hacking begin !

[Rob B]

My 2 units have found new homes. I bought them as a service to the club.

Regards Rob B

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[Roboticist Mark]

On Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:47:41 UTC+10, andyg (@geekscape) wrote:

Mission accomplished ...
   Super-Hero robot sweeper (TO-RSW) tear down
 
http://blog.geekscape.org/wordpress/2016/09/18/super-hero-robot-sweeper-to-rsw-tear-down

... let the hacking begin !

Nice Work Andy!

I bought two of these from Nunawading on the weekend. One is up for sale if anyone wants it, otherwise i'll donate it to the space to save my study the storage burden.

Mark

[Trystan -Crenn- Jones]

If noone takes it before the 30th, I'll take it.

-Crenn

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[damie...@gmail.com]

That was quick! :)

Very helpful, thankyou Andy.

Thinking out loud here -- anyone feel free to chip in your thoughts:

* Not a fan of 8051, but keep the main board if it has a smart battery charger integrated.

* Add an Arduino and maybe a shift register for more I/O.

* Add an ESP8266 bidirectional messages by wifi.

* Get those IR LEDs and sensors going.

* Add an array of SR04 ultrasonic sensors around the edge to sense distance and direction of obstacles.

* Add a motor controller. John Boxall has a tutorial here: https://tronixlabs.com.au/news/tutorial-l298n-dual-motor-controller-module-2a-and-arduino/. His book, "Arduino Workshop" is a good place to start. See Chapter 12 "Motors and Movement".

* Use the rotary encoder on the central/rear wheel as a distance/navigation sensor

* Blinkenlights are a must-have! :) Eg: WS2811, WS2812, or APA102.

Cheers,

Damien

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[Tim Eastwood]

re: keeping main board if it has a smart battery charger. To be honest I wouldn't keep that Ni-Cd even if I was just using the thing as a floor sweeper. Perhaps if it was Ni-MH I would

Something like this might be the go: https://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1367

Easy to integrate with an ESP8266 as well

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[Andy Gelme]

hi All,

Found some time to have an (incomplete) look into the power supply, motor drivers and motor rotation optical sensors ...

Super-Hero Robot Sweeper (TO-RSW) tear down: Part 2
http://blog.geekscape.org/wordpress/2016/09/25/super-hero-robot-sweeper-to-rsw-tear-down-part-2

cheers andyg (@geekscape)

On 2016-09-19 10:58 , Trystan -Crenn- Jones wrote:

If noone takes it before the 30th, I'll take it.

On 19/09/2016 10:55 am, "Roboticist Mark" <mrst...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:47:41 UTC+10, andyg (@geekscape) wrote:

Mission accomplished ...
   Super-Hero robot sweeper (TO-RSW) tear down
 
http://blog.geekscape.org/wordpress/2016/09/18/super-hero-robot-sweeper-to-rsw-tear-down

... let the hacking begin !

Nice Work Andy!

I bought two of these from Nunawading on the weekend. One is up for sale if anyone wants it, otherwise i'll donate it to the space to save my study the storage burden.

[Luke Weston]

The front control panel is fun too, and surprisingly complicated.

It gives you a multi-channel capacitive touch readout chip (the "buttons" aren't buttons), two LEDs, a buzzer and a LDR, all of which look like they're easy to talk to on the loom to the MCU board.

Having basic "encoders" on both drive wheels is really useful, even without quadrature. Because the encoders are before the gearbox they're actually very "fine" in their resolution relative to the linear motion of the robot.

Personally I just pulled out both brush motors, since they're not really doing anything and the space could maybe be reused. The FET output (one direction, not H-bridge) for the motor may be good to repurpose for some other device too. And you get a couple of other motors and a gearbox to play with. :)

Cheers,
Luke

[tubular]

Wow thanks for the photos and info. Sadly missed out on one of these

Wonder what we could use that extra motor for.   Lidar?  

Anyone know anything about that Micro?  Is there another Soic micro we could load in its place? 

cheers

Lachlan