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Simple Arduno Rover with HC-SR04 Ultrasonic sensor.

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YOU will need to build this:

HC-SR04 Ultrasonic sensor
Battery holder for 6 AA batteries
6 AA batteries
Arduino UNO (I use UNO R2)
Motor Shield for Arduino (L293)
9g Servo
2 gear motors with wheels
CD box
4 male-to-male cables
4 female-to-female cables
few cable ties
I buy all components for this rover on ebay.
First you will need 2pcs Plastic Tire Wheel + DC 6V Gear Motor 48:1.
I solder 2 male-to-male cables and 104 capacitors.
I used slim CD box as a chassis, I made 2 holes on each side of CD box and then
fixed gear motors with cable tie.

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You can see all the components you need on this photo.
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HC-SR04 Ultrasonic sensor

Battery holder for 6 AA batteries
6 AA batteries
Arduino UNO (I use UNO R2)
Motor Shield for Arduino (L293)
9g Servo
2 gear motors with wheels on CD box chassis.
4 male-to-male cables
4 female-to-female cables
few cable ties

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onnection scheme is very easy.

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Connect 9g servo to SERVO_2 pins on motorshield

Left motor to M4
Right motor to M1
Echo - pin A4
Trig - pin A5
Vcc - pin +5 ; Gnd - Gnd

I fix servo on battery box with cable tie

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Final result and video.

Faster version without servo

http://youtu.be/hBHpOV5TOY8

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Put AFMotor.h and AFMotor.cpp to folder AFMotor in libraries folder Aduino.

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AFMotor.cpp

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AFMotor.h

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ROBOT.rtf

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gholam

8 days ago

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gooooooooood

b10101

Hi, Nice robot. did you have any problems with spiking results from the
ultrasonics?
I rotate mine at 15 degree intervals reading in both directions. giving me 7
values 15 degrees apart. But I get two things happen, odd spikes and
swapping values, for eg:
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4 5 8 15 17 21 9
3 5 7 35 18 21 8
4 4 7 14 16 3 9
4 6 9 34 17 22 7
Notice the center values swapping without the bot moving 15 35 14 34 ??
Also 2nd last column 21 21 3 22 Where did the 3 come from.
The code is simple, I have been a code cutter for years so I am no stranger to
debugging.
Only this one has the better off me so far.
Any ideas
Cheers

biomech75

11 days ago

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Nice Job!!! 2 Things:

1. You can use a 9V battery pack (less weight, less space)
2. If the code wont compile even with the NewPing code you need to install
the Adafruit motor shield library Link: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruitmotor-shield/library-install

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biomech75

11 days ago

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L293 drivers, 2 motors, servo consumes too much power for 9v

battery. Using 9v batteries is waste of money. Only rechageable 9V
are good, but I dont have one.

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got an error with the code

MoonDocker

I checked the code it will not compile :(

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MoonDocker

, I uploaded correct version of the code. It works. Try it.

MoonDocker

Eagle199393

Okay looks good it compiles okay. I will let you know how it turns out. I
am waiting for another HC-SR04. You might want to mention they will
need to install the NewPing library. You can find it here -->
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=106043.0
Thanks for sharing !

cudy789

14 days ago

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Do you happen to have the code to control the robot?

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Cool, Thanks!

mahesh_jo

cudy789

I have made similar one earlier. Watch it at

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh31PzSrANo
If anybody want code of it, mail me at mahesh_jo@hotmail.com

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I have made similar one earlier. Watch it at

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh31PzSrANo
If anybody want code of it, mail me at mahesh_jo@hotmail.com

John_the_Builder

My dogs would love this, then Eat it.. Sadly..

M4rc3lv

What did you put on the bottom of the CD Box as a third wheel? Or does it
work without a third wheel?

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M4rc3lv

14 days ago

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I glued small plastic ball, which was cut to make a platform for glue.
Watch also faster version without servo
youtu.be/hBHpOV5TOY8?t=2m50s

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