User:S8brown/Project
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/03/etchasketch_clock.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
The project I'm highlighting is the "Etch-A-Sketch Clock" and Arduino/Etch-A-Sketch interfacing in general. I'm very interested in the Arduino's ability to cross over from the virtual to the physical and the Etch-A-Sketch example shows just that. Now although I probably won't be using an Etch-A-Sketch for my project, the use of servo motors seems like something I'd like to incorporate. I've also looked up a few self-balancing "robots" and those seem to catch my eye, too...
And I also came across Festo's Aqua Penguin...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8B4_fGopzw
Could this be based off an Arduino-like system? Maybe.
Wait... Was the point of this to learn about all the amazing things Arduinos could be set up to do? Nooooo... Couldn't be.
[Edit: Since having many failed attempts at the motor control, I have decided to re-route my final.]
Midterm Project: Final Project Concept
A while back I found this toy in a box in my closet:
If the toy falls over, the user can press a button to lift the toy to be standing again. The arms twist and the toy is corrected by the arms pressing against the ground.
I would like for it to be able to navigate itself through its environment using Ping((( sensors, and auto-correct if it falls over using home made tilt sensors.
For the midterm, I would only expect to be able to make it auto correct via the tilt sensors:
Update: I have only been able to get the tilt sensor to work outside of the toy. The complicated circuitry in the toy is making for a very difficult transplant.
