Boe Bot Workshop

This is to support the Workshop with Boe-Bot robot at the Summer School of Robotics.

Richard Balogh
balogh at elf.stuba.sk

Boe-Bot Robot

Boe-Bot Mobile Robot

• Product page

• Presentation part I]
• Presentation part II
• Presentation part III

Software and documentation

An overview of all the software is here http://www.parallax.com/tabid/441/Default.aspx (also the versions for Macintosh and Linuxes)

You will need:

• BASIC Stamp Windows Editor version 2.4.2 (~5.9 MB) Windows 2K/XP/Vista
  (in case there are only W98/NT4 available, please download the following version)

• Basic Stamp syntax and reference manual

• Robotics with Boe-Bot - the textbook.

• In case You are going to use USB cable instead of RS232, please BEFORE connecting the hardware, install the appropriate driver.

Accessories

Gripper Kit for the Boe-Bot Robot

• Product page

Crawler Kit for Boe-Bot Robot

• Product page

Line Sensors

• QTI Line sensor

• i2c Line Following Sensor

Ultrasonic Sensors

Ultrasonic Sensors: An overview

SRF 04 Ultrasonic Distance Sensor

• Technical documentation
• Jon Williams: Sonic Sight – Seeing with Sound - application example and example program
• Another SRF04 to BS II Example

SRF 08 Ultrasonic Distance Sensor

• Technical documentation
• An software SRF08 to BS2 Example

Parallax PING ))) Sensor

• Product page
• Manual
• Example Code

Accelerometers

Memsic 2125 Dual-axis Accelerometer

• Product page
• Manual
• Example code

Hitachi H48C Tri-Axis Accelerometer Module

• Product page
• Manual
• Example code

Compass

Hitachi HM55B Compass Module

• Product page
• Manual
• Example code

Distance Sensor

Sharp Distance Sensor

• Datasheet

More info about the sensors

• Sharp IR Rangers Information
• PSD sensors. Principle of operation (Hamamatsu)

For the connection of the analogue sensor to the BS2 processor, it is required to use an external A/D converter. Use e.g. National ADC0831:

• ADC0831 Datasheet

See also a Schematic diagram and an example program.