They might follow a visual line painted or embedded in the floor or ceiling or an electrical wire in the floor. Most of these robots operated a simple "keep the line in the center sensor" algorithm. They could not circumnavigate obstacles; they just stopped and waited when something blocked their path.
With the project, we aimed that the students can design the basic electronics circuit and control it, they can know the electronics parts, they can solder on the board, they can build their own algorithms... The algorithms are so important cuz i think "algorithms develop to think and ability to solve the problems". With a beginning of basic algorithm, they develop complex algorithms and up to pid based algorithms..
Part List:
- Pic18f4550 for controller
- Toshiba Tb6612fng for motor driver
- Pololu Qtr-8a for sensor
- E18-D80NK for distance sensor
- 3S Li-Po Battery
- Lm2576 for voltage regulator
- 1500rpm 12V Motor