I looked into different omnidirectional robot car chassis models. We decided to use a model with four wheels rather than three wheels because we think that a model with four wheels will be easier to control. Additionally, the motors of the four wheel models we found have a greater rpm Read more…
As a group, we discussed the many different available options for a motorized base for our device. We settled on this kit as well as this one and ended up buying the cheaper first option which cost $82.99. From SparkFun, we also ordered six IMUs for use along the arm and hand of Read more…
Over the course of the past week, I did a lot of research with regards to different options involving the base of our motorized device, its wheels, and power source. At first, we played around with the idea of constructing the base ourselves, but having consistently respondent and changing power Read more…
This week, I focused on two main issues: deciding on which omni-wheel chassis to use and narrowing my research on how to extract position from IMUs. For the omni wheel decision, Luca and I met with Professor Mukherjee and eventually decided on a 4 wheel chassis from Moebius. I’m currently Read more…