BUGbot Wheels Module by Ilan Moyer

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created on: 12/08/08

Ilan Moyer stopped by the Test Kitchen for a visit. With the CAD files he downloaded from BUG he was able to fabricate a base for wheels. The wheels use DC motors and a motor driver. They are programmable over serial, but we were trying to get the data through the Samtec connector that day. A truely awesome invention!

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an easy way to mobilise the bug and have control of direction would be to use a differential drive system as per

http://www.societyofrobots.com/programming_differentialdrive.shtml

using 2 modified servos on a circular base would give you a way of letting her go exploring.

when will the fun ever stop???? heh heh

clear skies

I'm new so if this has been posted before, then sorry but, it is a great way to make a very reliable and strong controlable geared motor. http://www.lynxmotion.com/images/html/smodh2.htm

It's a link to the Lynxmotion site where it descibes how to convert a servo to continuous rotation. The circuitboard is left in the servo and still controls the motor but because the stops have been removed, it continuously rotates in the one direction. I've used it in several of my beasts and they can be controlled by normal radio control units or maybe the Bug.

clear skies

gadgetguy
May 09, 2009

I hope to see this in the catalog soon! These wheels are sure to become a staple item. Is there an estimated timeline?

Hey Madison,

We ended up taking it off the Samtech, it was too dicey to be drawing power like that right from the connector, we actually tried to rework it to put it through the von Hippel over serial.