Always learning^0.1

My knowledge on mechanics is ... between void and very rudimentary and on electronics they are basic enough. But at least on software development they are good enough. With this knowledge an easy start point were the kits that include the electronic and mechanical parts ready for use.

The two kits that nowadays I am using are:

• Lego NXT MindStorms
• Robotis Bioloid comprehensive kit

At www.softwaresouls.com I'm posting tutorials about Bioloid programming using C, C++ and C# with a PC or C with CM-5/CM-510

A new version programming the software in the PDA with Visual Studio C#, here for more information

AntOne, the ant one, is my first insect using Robotis Bioloid.

Now the version 2.0 have some minor cosntruction changes but a big software difference. It's controlled with a PC based C# program which bring "life" to AntOne, sending messages by bluetooth to an BT-serial adapter connecte to the CM-5. Programming with Visual Studio C# is really easier than with other tools.

January 14 2008

AntOne, the ant one, is my first insect using Robotis Bioloid.

After a few first tests programming the CM-5 microcontroller in C (and "a little" of C ++)
The first video of the tests:

Some information about our neighbors or flat companion:

• Great photos , like this
• Ant anatomy
• Wikipedia about ants

Do you feel itchy all over? ;)

But there are other news...

using Acer Aspire One and it's webcam I can use ARToolkit to detect some marks to know its position.

An interesting matter is how to achieve that a robot moves inside a building from a determined point to other one.

I have chosen two possibilities:

a)The simplest and limited, by means of two sensors of distances for ultrasounds

b) Less simple but more interesting, a video camera and ARToolkit, an example would be SIGNPOST

Based on a design like this one:



Or this one, that looks more interesting: