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Photo-resistors, Buttons, and Transistors!
This week I studied the RC car robot and the parts that make it work. First, I built another RC robot so that pictures could be taken at each step, these pictures can be found in our repository or a … Continue reading
RC Robot
This week I wanted to put something fun together, so I found an RC car and took it apart. Once I had it apart, I made a list of what I would need to have the arduino control the toy. … Continue reading
Wonderful World of Sensors
I’ve been looking up information about different types of sensors this week. I focused on sensors I could find that are compatible for the Arduino. Before we purchase any type of temperature sensor, I think we need to do a … Continue reading
Motors are finicky
Last week I began researching the different types of motors available. I was recommended to look into stepper motors. Stepper motors use magnets to ‘step’ through a rotation at some number of degrees. Therefore, it seems, stepper motors can be … Continue reading
First Steps
Summer is over, so it’s time to get to work! Of course, my summer wasn’t spent being lazy all the time. With Dr. Jadud’s advice, Dr. Goadrich obtained an Arduino – open source hardware – in order for me begin … Continue reading
Getting Started
And so we begin another year of research! This year, we’ll be continuing our explorations of parallelism and robotics by diving into the Trinity College Home Fire Fighting Robot contest! There’s more to our work than that, but hey… this … Continue reading