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Twitter Controlled Robot

Twitter Controlled Robot

March 21, 2012

I presented this project at the 28th Montréal Python meeting. I posted the slides of the presentation in my previous post here. The objective of this project was to demonstrate the use of  pyserial and XBee to wirelessly control a robot. This project was also my first attempt at using the Tweepy library. The requirements […]
Montreal Python #28

Montreal Python #28

March 19, 2012

Today at 18:30h, I’ll make a short presentation at the 28th edition of the Montreal Python. I’ll present my PyGame Wireless Game Controller and a robot controller by the web. More details about the presentation on the Montreal Python Website: http://montrealpython.org/2012/03/montreal-python-28-lithographic-lobotomy/ You can get the slides of the presentation here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KTqljkl-fSZyuhXonCrQN10HsEFdp5AsavMEvj8bdRU/edit#slide=id.p
Arduino Motor Controller Using an L293D Chip

Arduino Motor Controller Using an L293D Chip

April 22, 2011

Controlling DC motors is at the heart of many robotic projects. Servo motors are sexy but DC motors are cheap and a lot more useful to control wheel based robots. In this article I’ll display a “robot shield” circuit that allows you to use cheap motors to drive your robot. Wiring This shield has been built on […]
Arduino Robot

Arduino Robot

January 9, 2011

This simple robot is using a L293 chip to control two DC motors. The motor gearbox and the tracks are from Tamiya kits. The proximity sensor is a small Maxbotix sonar. You can get the code of this project at https://github.com/pchretien/robot_01. I’ll soon post a new article showing how to add IR remote control to this […]
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