Lady Bird : Robot #1
I have been away from writing this blog for a long time. I took a really intensive semester and had virtually no time for writing this. But this is a special article.
I took a proper class this past semester on Robotics called Robotics Studio. It was a very hands-on class. The objective of the class was to make a robot that could walk and dance from scratch. No, we didn’t get a kit that we just had to assemble.
We really had to do everything from scratch and document our journey in the form of a video. Considering that I had no prior formal robotics training, I am incredibly proud of it. My final video is below. I’ll post a more detailed description of how I made the robot with my teammate Heather Chevlin from scratch soon. It might be too long for now.
Final product :
Some components we received that were an integral part of making our robot were:
- 8 servo motors — Lewansoul LX-16A
- Raspberry pi 3b
- Battery
- DC-DC converter
- Motor controller
- Metal brackets for the motors
An additional component I purchased was this really awesome Monster Mask (link provided) from Adafruit that gave a lot of character to my robot.
Will be posting the second part with detailed insight into the process soon!
