My hexapod project - Code and hardware related.
by Foekie
Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:38 am
Thanks for your compliment.
No, I did not, yet. I'm awaiting a new power supply which should be shipped soon. I was trying to run to robot on batteries, but this was not such a success.
The robot had a hard time standing up with lower speeds. It could only lift itself for about 70% and then stopped, because of the higher torque.
The new power supply can feed 4,5 A of power, which should be fine. I've bought it for 10 euro's in a second hand online shop. I was thinking of buying a lab-power supply, but these are around 200 euro's or more. Will buy one of those later on.
Stay tuned
No, I did not, yet. I'm awaiting a new power supply which should be shipped soon. I was trying to run to robot on batteries, but this was not such a success.
The robot had a hard time standing up with lower speeds. It could only lift itself for about 70% and then stopped, because of the higher torque.
The new power supply can feed 4,5 A of power, which should be fine. I've bought it for 10 euro's in a second hand online shop. I was thinking of buying a lab-power supply, but these are around 200 euro's or more. Will buy one of those later on.
Stay tuned
by Foekie
Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:46 pm
The new power supply is here!
Had some fun with body movements
Check it out:
Click here to view (youtube)
Stay tuned
Had some fun with body movements
Check it out:
Click here to view (youtube)
Stay tuned
by Foekie
Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:17 pm
Hello there!
Thought it would be a good idea to keep you guys informed about the progress.
Currently working on a multi-thread application. This makes me able to control several actions via a background thread. I'm planning on running the robot almost completely via this thread.
Also, the joypad thing comes to life piece-by-piece. It should be able to control the robot via this soon.
Stay tuned for progress.
Thought it would be a good idea to keep you guys informed about the progress.
Currently working on a multi-thread application. This makes me able to control several actions via a background thread. I'm planning on running the robot almost completely via this thread.
Also, the joypad thing comes to life piece-by-piece. It should be able to control the robot via this soon.
Stay tuned for progress.
