Obstacle-avoiding robot - a weekend project

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What does it do?

Navigate around via ultrasound

This is my first robot, it simply avoids obstacles by using an ultrasonic sensor. It uses an Arduino as its brain, a pair of DC motors for locomotion and a small servo for swinging its sensor around.

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Finished project

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Time to build

8 hours

Type

wheels

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[original story: Let's Make Robots]