Robot follows the light with a ping pong ball

Robotics
Robot follows the light with a ping pong ball
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This AVR-controlled autonomous robot is programmed to follow the brightest light in the room. It uses two wheels and a ping pong ball as a third wheel. Really simple components here and it runs on three AA batteries to sweeten the deal.

Building an autonomous light finder robot

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