ROBOT PROJECT J1
J1 Alpha 0.10 (J1A.10)
Overview


Obviously I'm not going to create J1 in one swift stroke of engineering wonder. J1 Alpha 0.10 will be the first attempt at putting the idea into motion. J1A.10 will simply consist of two stepper motors mounted on a basic 4-wheel frame. Each motor will control one sides' wheels (for full motion control).

Because I don't know how to make the robot turn using this design (or any other for that matter), J1A.10 will be my test bed for creating the mobility subroutines to be used by the core logic - mobility subsystem. Namely, I need to test stepper motor controllers and circuit designs.

The J1 Alpha series is going to be mainly hardware design testing and basic mobility subroutine creation. After a good hardware design is created (and tested), the J1 Beta series will begin the creation and integration of the subroutines created in the Alpha series with new core logic programs (designed in the Beta series).

As I progress with designs I will post everything (pictures and notes) on this site.


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Document written by Joe Thielen.
Last Modified 12/18/1998