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| This is the large robot project "MAX". this project has been built over several years with many control systems and hundreds of mechanical components this project is a must see. This project also has spured on many of the other projects listed on this page. As will become evident, this project is closely tied to the milling machine project, the injection molding project and many of the processor systems and motor drivers contained in the controllers section of this site.
| The small robot project is another one of those fun projects I've taken on as an exercise in control theroy. Okay, okay, it's also a whole lot of fun. This as of yet un-named robot will be up and running soon. There are lots of parts, circuitry, CAD and I've started writing some of the some of the low level control systems code.
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| A project built as part of the WSU robotic group, Henry VIII was one of the more fun project I've been privledged to work on. This robot required the resources of an entire group to fashion. Looking back on it now it seems rather primitave however at the time it was near the limits of my design ability. My contribution to the project was the design of the entire electronics system as well as teaching the group members to use CNC equipment and author G-Code.
| The legacy_bot is a design that I started building a few years back. I fabricated quite a few parts for it, but never finished it. Many of the design elements from it were recycled into the Small_bot project above. Commonalities include the original wheel desing and drive mechanism, and the drill rod frame construction. These components were scrapped & re-used.
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| This design is one that's still on the drawing board. I've not fully commited to building it however I've spent some time working through the design. I've also taken the time to build a mostly complete detailed CAD model. The thought process behind this design is such that all of the components could easily be injection molded thus producing multiple coppies (a swarm) would be simple enough. These in turn could be used to expirament with group behaviors and complex tasks like soccer. "RAT" stands for Rough And Tumble - Robot.
| ProtoBot is a development platform designed as, as its name implies, a test platform upon which to debug and test prototype electronics, software and algorithms. As proto type implies this is towards an end goal of developing a more fully functional robot. That would be the robot Sojourner, that can be seen in the next section:
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| Many years back I played around with the idea of building a submersible robot. This design shows some of the ideas I worked on. I was lucky enough to be working with some fluids guys to help refine my ideas. I also went so far as to build a prototype engine for the robot which can be seen in this section of the page.
| This is a pretty fun toy to play with. Not too much info here as I didn't build it. I bought it comercially and have been playing with it for a while now.
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| The Spider_Bot project is a group design project in process. There are three of us involved in the design, manufacture & programming of three identical six legged walking robots. These robots have a quite lofty set of goals including locomotion of Min. ~2 Mph combined with the ability to climb the stairs in a common home although not at the same time.
| The Hero Robot, what a great eBay experience! I haven't had time to fully document this wonderful toy. The hero is one of those 'toys' that I have wanted ever since I was a child. When this one came across eBay, I couldn't resist.
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| The lego robot project was built several years back. A friend and I decided to build a pair of robots in just over a week, from scratch, to compete in one of the Seattle Robotics Competitions. We didn't quite get finished in time but we came close. This section of the page outlines the robot and some of it's control circuitry.
| This robot is an outdoor neighborhood rover platform that hopefully will be able to trek, loiter and return autonomously for 2hr runs around the neighborhood. Using a gas-electric combination to achieve this level of operation will be a must. To help in this effort, my friend Dan will be collaborating on this effort with me. He brings extensive gasoline engine knowledge along with fabrication technology from his experience / background in drag race cars.
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