This is my first robot I build (just for fun) and is just a test platform to experience with an autonomic robot. To test the robot I put him under a table with chairs and it has to get out without hitting a chair leg or a table leg. It took one month to build and cost about 250 $. Materials: Body made from plywood All pcb’s are home made Every wire is made with pcb connectors (easy to test new things) Drive train: -2 jumbo servo’s with all electronics removed (only motor and gearbox is used) L298 Hbridge for controlling the motors. 7.2V NiCd battery pack for power. Processor: Basic stamp 2 (waiting for the java stamp to be realised) 5 * 8 IO expansions on I2C bus 4 keys keyboard 2*16 lcd display 1 piezo speaker Sensors: 4 bumper switches 7 * 40 kHz IR Receiver Modules (SFH506 will be changed by some better types) 2 wheel encoder 1 home build US distance sensor (can rotate by a servo) Things to be changed in the near future: - The IR modules changed by better type I’m having problems with the SFH506 - Replacing the BS2 (memory full) by the Java Stamp (I’m a java programmer) - Rebuilding the ultrasonic distance sensor to be stand alone (now it’s ping and receive is done by the BS2) - Adding some RF communication between the robot and my pc. Email: kstevens@pandora.be Website: coming soon Email: kstevens@pandora.be