https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vtnGbYjG7k
Happy to say that my robot frame is now able to move around as seen in the above video. I’ll post more details up soon once I make some small improvements but stoked to have it all working and controlled from my phone!
Hopefully you can see from the above video that I have now got all the wheels turning on the frame in the same direction.
With the motor basics done, next I’ll get the rig talking to WiFi and outputting information to the LCD display.
Following that, the next step is to determine how to move in different directions with these Mecanum wheels.
I’ve invested in a new chassis for my robot creations. This is the one I opted for:
from Amazon. It is great quality, strong and well made. Has lots of connection options and the right size for what I want. It is also robust enough to survive the inevitable ‘incidents’ it will no doubt have along the way. In short, I think it is great value for money and very professionally made.
As you can see from the above picture, I have managed to put it together, even though it didn’t come with assembly instructions. Those I found here:
https://www.hiwonder.com/products/mecanum-wheel-chassis-car
and specifically on this YouTube video – https://youtu.be/WMQ-PyM-PNE
The motor connections are JST 2-pin female connectors so I have also ordered these:
JST PH 2-Pin Cable – Male Header 200mm
to allow easy connection to the motor driver I’ve already played with here:
https://blog.ciaops.com/2023/07/12/iot-motors/
Once I get all that I can start putting together the controllers and then start writing the code to make it actually move about.
Stay tuned.
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