Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04256
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Jason - evenflow88@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 11:13:38 GMT
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: 4-motor walker
>From: "B.Beulen"
>Reply-To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>To: beam@corp.sgi.com
>Subject: 4-motor walker
>Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 03:30:15 PDT
>
>Hi beamers,
>
>After finishing a solar-engine based robot and a two motor walker I'm
>currently building a 4 motor walker.
>By adding 2 tactile sensors in the front(left-front and right-front) of the
>walker he should be able to make a turn when one sensors hits an object.
>When the 2 sensors both hit an object the bot should go into reverse.
>
>I have a few questions concerning the circuit that will be needed to
>achieve
>these actions.
>
>Should I hookup the motors to a 8-nv microcore (a loop) and drive the
>motors
>with the 74hc245.
>Can I use the 74HC240 for making the turns and for the reverse function.
>
>It would be great if somebody could help me with these matters.
>
>Thanking you in advance
>
>B. Beulen
dont u need to know the walking gait of a four motor walker first..and what
motor are u using....the walking gait has been bugging me since a long
time..hope someone in the list with experience would tell me how it is like>
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