DINO the DINOBOT - RADIO CONTROLLED DRONE
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COMMAND and CONTROL - A robot is only as good as the operator, or programmer, or both. Even when under manual control, Dino has a number of autonomous functions to augment operator commands.
Where you may have an onboard computer to control many of the autonomous functions of your DinoBot, there will be times when you will want to take it through its paces manually, such as during paintball wargaming, or for special events.
There are now some fantastic radio control sets that are used to remotely pilot model aircraft, boats and cars, that are relatively cheap to buy and are still packed with features. The FlySky and Turnigy 10 channel units are good examples of sets that cost less than half that of some more established brands, but still perform comparably.
TRANSMITTER - Not a bad looking handset, it looks solid enough and the reviews tell that the joysticks are smooth.
ABOUT REMOTE CONTROL
We are all familiar with infrared remotes that can operate TVs and videos only over quite short distances. The infrared LED is quite small and low-powered and the receiver on the TV or video is also small. This is why you have to point the remote directly at the appliance you're trying to control.
Some remotes are more tolerant and it is sometimes possible to bounce the infrared beam off a wall, mirror, or picture and still change channel. Infrared remotes are not good for controlling things over distances greater than a few meters (feet); the infrared energy is too easily soaked up and dissipated along its journey.
RX and TELEMETRY - This is the receiver and telemetry accessories.
RADIO
CONTROL
There are two main types of radio control known as single channel and multi-channel.
SINGLE CHANNEL
Single-channel radio control is effectively an on-off switch operated at a distance by radio wave. So, to give a very trivial example, you could use a single-channel control to switch a lamp on or off at the bottom of your garden. The sender unit would consist of a low-powered radio transmitter, while the lamp would need a radio receiver and a relay (to convert the low-powered, incoming radio signal into a higher-powered electric current big enough to operate the lamp). Single-channel radio control can only switch things completely on or completely off; it can't turn them up or down by degrees.
MULTI CHANNEL
Multi-channel radio control is used to transmit more complex and useful signals to a piece of remote equipment—for example, to make a radio-controlled car speed up, slow down, or steer from side to side. Instead of just sending a basic on/off signal, it transmits a series of coded analog or digital pulses that are decoded by the receiver and used to produce specific actions. For example, turning a steering wheel on a radio-control transmitter will send a series of pulses that make an electric motor rotate by a corresponding amount to steer a radio-controlled car one way or the other. Motors that work this way are known as servo motors. Unlike normal electric motors, which rotate an arbritary number of times according to how long they receive an electric current, servo motors are much more controllable and have built-in electronic feedback mechanisms (based on potentiometers - similar to variable resistors), which enable you to make them rotate by reasonably precise amounts.
CRYSTALS
A typical RC Transmitter has about 4 to 6 channels with at least 4 of them being proportional, which means the controlled surfaces or devices will move
proportionally to the movements of the control sticks.
SPREAD SPECTRUM
A recent technology in the R/C hobby is called "Spread Spectrum". This is a radio system that can be used without having to worry about what frequency you're on.
For example, the Futaba 2.4GHz system comes with a unique, permanent ID code
that is preset at the factory.
Most R/C systems today use frequency modulation (FM) as it better rejects interference than the earlier amplitude modulation (AM).
FLYSKY FS-i10 2.4GHz 10 CHANNEL SET
Features:
Package Included :
TURNIGY TGY i10
In the days of FM radios on the MHz bands, you could rush out and buy a cheap but cheerful Corona FM receiver for a third the price of a genuine Futaba or JR unit, today you're stuck with buying "the real thing" and often that means handing over very sizable sums of money.
Features:
• 2.4 GHz AFHDS 2 (automatic frequency hopping digital system)
Micro USB cable
SERVOS - These are the end effectors that turn your radio signals into movement on the robot being controlled.
JX PDI 5521MG SERVO DESCRIPTION:
Item:PDI 5521MG Servo
SEMI-AUTONOMOUS - Making a robot react to the environment means using sensors that can detect light, sound and heat. Touch (pressure) would also be good with an animatronic such as this. Where a robot may be driven by a human operator, it will perform better if there are automatic safeguards and actions built into the machine.
LINKS & REFERENCE
http://scienceblogs.com/photosynthesis/2009/05/09/why-do-only-some-ants-sting/ Ffreedawn UK scientia 2015 May 22 ants color vision may help march towards robot technology Lego mindstorms learn to program http://www.hobbyking.com/ http://adamone.rchomepage.com/guide1.htm http://www.lego.com/en-gb/mindstorms/learn-to-program http://www.freedawn.co.uk/scientia/2015/05/22/ants-color-vision-may-help-march-towards-robot-technology/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinger http://www.stevebackshall.com/ http://scienceblogs.com/photosynthesis/2009/05/09/why-do-only-some-ants-sting/
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