[hackpgh-discuss] Re: Hello and robot questions
- From: Doug Philips <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 11:52:39 -0400
Hey Dovid,
If you wanted a specific motor recommendation: 5v, 10a, does a
bijjilion torqueometers per wow-o-second, you might get some answers
on the list...
But I think your questions are general enough that folks'll have to
interact with you directly in the shop...
--Doug
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Dovid Taub <dtaub@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> First of all, this is my first post here, so- Hello, everybody!
>
> Next- some have you may have seen the animatronic bird puppet/robbot I've
> been working on. I've been having tons of trouble getting him to move. My
> problems have been with motors and motor controllers. I was hoping I could
> get some suggestions as to how to best get this guy roaming around.
>
> so far i've ruined 2 cheap rc cars, burnt out an arduino motor shield, and
> have had some problems getting a sparkfun serial motor controller board to
> work. I've also tried hooking up the rc remote to my arduino, which was a
> round-about way of doing it, but worked until...it didn't. Anyways, i
> wanted to take opportunity to rethink how to get him moving.
>
> -Dovid
>
>
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