CURI - 5 Construction Journal

Aim: The aim of this journal is to allow people to see how a robot comes to life from concept. The journal will cover everything from electronic and mechanical design & construction to code examples. We intend to use as many off the shelf components as possible to speed up the developemnt process and reduce the overall costs. The CURI - 5 robot is a successor to CURI-4 with improved sensor feedback and smaller physical size. Please click on each image for a larger version.

Date: 8th June 1998

Status: Construction commences. Two R/C servo motors were modifed for continuous operation. A small rubber wheel was attached to each of the servos. The tread on each wheel was buffed down with a file to give a better grip on smooth surfaces. This also removed any unevenness in the wheel.

Date: 10th June 1998

Status: A small CMOS camera is aquired. This will be the primary navigation sensor for the robot. This camera is about 1/3 the size of the one used by CURI-4. The other advantage it has is that it draws little current. This camera will be tethered to a Snappy (tm) video capture device connected to the controller PC's parallel port.

Date: 17th June 1998

Status: The Mini Serial Servo Controller II is purchased from Scott Edwards Electronics. This great little device can control up to 8 R/C servos from a serial port. This unit will control all the servos onboard CURI-5.

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