Spark II

built by Leonardo F. Urbano


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Target Environment	Locomotion Method
Indoors	2 Wheels
Sensors / Input Devices	Actuators / Output Devices
3 photo sensors	2 servo motors
Control Method	Power Source
Autonomous	Battery
CPU Type	Operating System
BASIC Stamp	None
Programming Lanuage	Weight
BASIC	N/A
Time to build	Cost to build
1 day	$100
URL for more information
http://www.lurbano.com/spark2.php
Comments
Spark II is the robot developed to illustrate the light-following behavior that will be running in parallel with other behaviors in a behavior-based AUV project. The AUVs control system will function similarly to my past robots, employing a cascading array of behaviors from high to low priority. The AUV, carrying out it's tasks in water, must operate under complex dynamic environments. This was designed explicitly as a platform for testing light-tracking algorithms. Built - March 3rd, 2001 Size - 7" x 5" x 3" square body Body - plastic cover to a Radio Shack project box Electronics - 1 BASIC Stamp II microcontroller unit, 2 servo motors with wheel attached, 1 2-channel L329D H-bridge motor driver circuit, 3 photo-voltaic cadmium sulfide photo sensors, 1 9V batteries, 4 C batteries for drive motors (stored underneath) Control System - subsumption controller Email: lfu@drexel.edu

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