Eurobot

After completing the first prototype, we noticed a few problems which we addressed in the following weeks. The first issue was the support wheels, which we replaced with a large ball caster at the rear center. Another issue was the large wheels. These were replaced with huge 3D-printed tires with … Weiterlesen …

The task: „The evil humans have already put a few crates of hazelnuts in their granary, but a brave ninja squirrel has managed to reach the granary, all that’s left is to take the crates out again to have even more reserves for the winter. But we’re still going to … Weiterlesen …

First, we cut an OSB board to the appropriate size and attached the motors to the underside. Then, we drilled two large holes in the board through which we fed the cables. Next, we attached the microstep drivers to the top using Velcro strips and screwed the Arduino board in … Weiterlesen …

In the last weeks we thought a lot about our camera detection system. We had an idea to find the middle point of all cans, so we can drive to this point and pick up all cans at the same time. We do this by finding the middle point of … Weiterlesen …

Last week we redesigned our superstar so that it now has an emergency stop on all sides if it falls off the lifter-SIMA. In addition, it now has enemy detection and can move on its own with the help of a monowheel. Also, we solved a specific problem with the … Weiterlesen …

In the last week we managed to get the camera detection to work. That means, we can now detect ArUco tags from a distance and tell, how far they are away from the main lens (see video). The next steps are to calibrate the camera more and to make the … Weiterlesen …

We managed to create three individual robots, as you can see on the picture. The left one is the current prototype of the superstar – it will be lifted by the right robot in the picture – our lifter SIMA. For testing purposes, we use the middle SIMA to test … Weiterlesen …