Rino il robottino
After the experience with Dino I decided to start developing a new, more complex, robot useful for different categories of robotic contests. This one is composed by different, specialized boards, each one with its own task, managed by a "main" board that decides the behavior of the robot.
The descriptions will be specialized as well on each part of the system and they will be added time by time, as soon other boards will be developed.

This project, still in an early stage, participated in:
Circuit Cellar / Microchip 16 bit Embedded Control Design Contest "Put Your Creativity to the Test"
obtaining a distinctive exellence award: WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT

This project was described in a two article series on Circuit Cellar magazine in March and April 2009 issues. Articles replicated also on a chinese specialized site: Part 1 and Part 2.
step by step instruction on how to realize in a simple way a professional looking, multi-use robotic platform
Basic platform
Bumpers
Hardware
the susbsystem that takes care of the movements of the robot
dsNavCon
Block Diagram
dsNavCon Board
Power Supply
H-Bridge
the evolution using new version of dsPIC
dsNavCon33
More on dsNavCon33
Sensor Board
The senses of the robot
Sense of Smell
Sense of Sight
Sense of Touch
Sense of Hearing
Sense of Taste
Software
Software dsNav communication
Firmware Protocol Description
UMBmark Performing tests to calibrate odometry dsPID Tx - Rx examples
dsODO Commands Descr: Service
Odometry Commands Descr: Nav. Settings
Architecture Commands Descr: Nav. Read
Remote Console Commands Descr: Const. Settings
Robo Tolomeo Cup
competition
RTC
Remote Console evolution Commands Descr: Sensors
Remote Console more evolutions Console Commands: Main
Console Commands: Config
Latest versions
Console Commands: Sequencer
Console Commands: Details
updated on 15-03-2010
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