Step block Robot

Published on 18 Apr 2022. Written by Bheru Singh

About the project

The Step block Robot consists of a robot chassis kit and armless body, with a servo motor to move the head around. The robot has a cubical head 8 pixels on a side,body & four legs,six motors, and six wheels.

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An Arduino Uno, with a motor control shield sitting on top is used which helps the Arduino to manage the high voltages needed to run motors.

Assemble the body using the screws, nuts and required tools. Fix the electronics as per the location of the moving parts in the robot

The head of the bot requires 360 degree of rotation. Fix the motor, along with the arduino and driver shield at the top where the head will be fixed

Attach the wires to its controller. One wire connects to digital pin 0 on the Arduino, another to pin 1, and a third to GND. You’ll connect these to their counterparts on the controller’s Arduino.

Program the arduino with keeping in mind the required motions, movements, delays and actions which the robot is moving.Use two LED which can light up the eye and program for blinking

Attach the potentiometer in which first lead connects to power, the third lead connects to GND, and the middle one to analog pin A0 on the Arduino

Press the arcade buttons to steer the robot base, while turning the head with the potentiometer. Activate the robot’s menacing red eyes (LED) by flicking the switch

Different modification and experiments can be done on the robot making it hovering, sliding, or steering step block robot

Kit required to develop Step block Robot:

• Body Frame
• Arduino
• Driver Shield
• Motors
• Potentiometer

Technologies you will learn by working on Step block Robot:

• Microcontroller
• Walking Mechanism
• Degree of Freedom
• C Programming

Any Questions?