Talk:RunBot: a Robogame Robot

Requirements

The robot should have:

• a dimension of about 25cm of radius, 20 cm height
• a speed of about 1 m/sec
• omnidirectional movement (Kamro wheels)
• sensors to avoid obstacles (sonars)
• a camera that can be moved up and down (and eventually left and right)
• wireless connection to a computer (Wi-fi)
• Bluetooth connection
• have power enough to move and transmit for at least 2 hours without recharging
• Have the possibility to recharge autonomously

The robot should cost as less as possible

TO DO

• Select HW

 ** ST ARM HW (ask Martino Migliavacca <martino.migliavacca@gmail.com>, GUMSTIX (http://www.gumstix.org/), ARDUINO (http://www.freeduino.org/), other...)
 ** Engines (WWW.robot-Italy.com, http://www.jonathan.it/)
 ** batteries (above, or standard A, AA or AAA type)
 ** Camera (ST smart cameras, with Ethernet wired link)
 ** Sonar (already available (see ROBOWII2.0))
 ** Blue tooth and WI-FI

• Design body (structure and appearance), sensor placement, eventual movements of the camera
• Implement the robot
• test the robot with a simple game (e.g. RoboWII2.0)