Stuffination

Friday afternoon we were able to complete the first of four legs of Stairbot.  We were hoping to complete more than that, but, we currently only have enough servos for one leg and we’re waiting on the rest to arrive.  However, in the meantime, we will work on being able to control this one leg so when we add more, it will be easy to develop gaits.    To control Stairbot, we’re going to be tethering an Arduino to a computer for extra computational power,  to allow us to perform inverse kinematic calculations.

More updates to follow as more parts come in.

My Mobot for the 2010 Mobot race has finally been completed.  I have tested it electrically, so I know that part works (all of the sensors!).  I’m working on writing code for the race (just over a week away!).  I’ll add more pictures and talk about progress as it’s made.  Hopefully I’ll get some video of it in action!