Designed as a powerful but user friendly sumo wrestling robot, the SAM r I is a great kit for learning about the principles of electronic fabrication, programming, and mechanical design.
Out of the box, it is a great minisumo robot, but may be also used as a competition line follower, soccer bot, or custom programmed to do whatever you like! It is immensely upgradeable and expandable.
The kit contains over 40 quality components!
The SAM r I ( Society Autonomous Minisumo Robot, Intelligent: pronounced SAMURI ) was designed at the outset to be easy to build, yet allow the builder to be involved in selecting gear ratios and building his/her own gearbox, bending and forming the metal chassis, soldering the circuit board, and customizing the robots own program
A- Powerful, easy to use Atmel Mega8L processor
B- Provisions for Sharp GP2D02 or
GP2D12
Rangefinder
C- Dual down facing reflective sensors
D- Optional 3 forward facing reflective sensors
E- Optional crystal to increase clock speed to 16MHz
F- Reset Button
G- Powerful 6AA battery pack (9V ).
H- On-off switch
I- Convenient parallel port programming connector
J- L298 motor controller with up to 4A and 48V drive capacity
K- Convenient prototyping area with power
L- Full access to all I/O ports
SUMO Sensei Application: No Programming Experience Necessary!
This application, free with the SAM r I, is an all-in-one code generator, compiler, and downloader for your robot. The user can adjust the behavior of the robot using simple sliders, then generate an editable C code which may be adjusted, or downloaded straight into the robot using your computers parallel port.
No special programming skills are required!
SAM r I construction manual
Each kit comes with a detailed 24 page illustrated instructional manual, including theory of operation and suggestions for robot enhancements. |
