Gorgeous CoasterBot build

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April 22nd, 2010 4

Spotted on the MAKE Flickr pool is this wonderful rendering of a CoasterBot, using the plastic CD spindle spacers. Other parts used include: Pololu Baby Orangutan-168 robot controller, Solarbotics GM6 gearmotors, salvaged push buttons, LiPo battery from a broken RC helicopter, Pololu ball caster, some scrap perf board, screws, nuts, and aluminum pipe cut for spacers.

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4 thoughts on “Gorgeous CoasterBot build”

darrellj says:

April 23rd, 2010 at 1:28 pm

Thanks for the post! I still have a bunch to do on it, and work is getting crazy so I hope I have time to get it finished! My goals were to only use bits that I already had in my parts boxes, make a clean finished looking robot, and learn how to write a decent behavior based framework for future software expansion.
darrellj says:

May 2nd, 2010 at 7:07 pm

I’ve added tons more pics to my flickr set and have more info on my site:
http://riseuprobots.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/simplebot/sets/72157623775333657/

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Gorgeous CoasterBot build

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