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Blog 4

It has been very long since my previous blog post but I decided it was better to send a blog post when I had made a lot more progress. 

I have constructed the majority of my chassis which is made out of plywood. Since I do not have a laser cutter I am having to drill everything manually which is taking some time. I have made a camera module as well and I have a robot gripper which will be useful to pick up barrels.


My camera module uses two servos.


My robot gripper

I am making a two-tier robot chassis that has an A4 piece of plywood as a base, with an A5 piece of plywood placed on top as a second tier. I have also found out that velcro tape is very useful when making a modular robot as it makes attachments very easy to use. I have purchased an ultraborg (from piborg) which is really useful for servo and ultrasonic control. I have been doing a bit more of programming, yet that should now be a major focus. I plan to finish my robot in the next few days and I will write a few more blog posts fairly soon.


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