At long last here is a short video of Blue Bug in action.... You will notice that there is no sound that is because my wife walked in while I was shooting the video, those are her legs at the door, and I did not have enough time to add music....

Also quality of the video is not great, I filmed it using my Galaxy S. 

Would love to hear what you think, so if by some misfortune of fate you happen upon my blog please leave a comment.

Blue bug

Blue Bug is a light seeking robot that was built using two old dvd's for the body, two servo's modified to be geared motors and the board from earlier posts at the heart of it.

I am very pleased with the result... I will post some video soon so you can see Blue Bug in action.

Completed board.

I have completed making the board and soldering on the components, now to make the robot...

Herbie Photovore Circuit

This is a PCB design I have been working on for the last couple days.
The circuit is for Herbie from Junkbots, Bugbots & bots on wheels by Dave Hrynkiw and Mark W. Tilden.

The intention is to hook it up to some servos that have been modified to work as simple gear motors and make a photovore (light seeking robot) that runs away when it bumps into something. So basically Herbie with some stronger legs and a PCB.

Welcome!

Welcome to the new Home Brewed Robotics Blog!