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Sensory Overload

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Category: Rolling
Cost: $100.00
Time to Build: 50 hrs

Sensory Overload was designed and built to compete in the 2005 Botlanta Mini Sumo contset. Unfortunatly the contest was canceled :-(.
All of he code was written in assembly but is being ported into the BoostC compiler as writting code in assembly is growing old.

This bot is still in progress.

Planned Improvments:
  • Sensors that look out sides and back
  • Line sensors in back of robot
  • Maybe motors that are faster

Components:
Electrical Parts:
  • Brain: PIC16F876A @ 20MHz
  • Line Sensors: 4 x QRE1114 (Only 2 work)
  • Distance Sensors: 2 x Sharp GP2Y0A21YK
  • Motor Driver: 2 x TPIC0108 (TI)
Mechanical Parts: All from Pololu.com
  • Wheels: Tamiya Racing Tires
  • Motor: 2 x Solarbotics GM3
  • Chassis: Custom acrylic and lucite chassis
  • Batteries: 2 x 18500 Lithim ion batteries (Regulated to 5V)

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