About:
This little work of art, Neutron, was actually built with a certian competition in mind. In fact,
its the only robot thus far to have ever competed. It was used in the Science Olympiad for the Robot
Ramble event. Though it was our very first attempt for victory, we didn't do so bad, it got us 7th place
out of 18.
Neutron is a manipulator bot. It's basically an electronic arm attached to a moveable base giving it a free range of
motion. It was designed and built to aquire materials and move them to a new location quickly and efficiently. Specifically,
it is equipted to load ping pong balls, film canisters, and toilete paper rolls, and then drop them into a bucket
about .35m high. The specific rules can be found in the ROBOT RAMBLE Robot Ramble Description.
It operates using 2 different circuits each from a different remote controlled car. The circuits used in this robot are
both bi-directional 2 channel recievers. The first circuit controlls the arm's ability to open and close the gripper and to
raise and lower the arm. The other circuit controlls the drive. The steering is dependant totally on the drivetrain becuase,
like most of my other bots, it operates on the same priciples as a tank. Each wheel on either side is controlled independantly.
A major advantage to using this technique is it gives the bot a zero turing radius.
Additional Pics:
Robot Ramble Competition Rules
