Building up the Rover robot

Figure 7.1: The Rover robot

One of the most interesting model that can be build straight out the "Robotics Invention System" box is the Rover robot. This robot is described in this section. It has a two differential wheels drive system, a light sensor looking down to the ground and two touch sensors.

The following tables describe the construction of the Rover robot, first the bumper, then the rear wheel, the eyes, the body and the antennas.

In the following tables, the numbers in parentheses are the length of the axles.

Warning : the yellow elastic of the bumper is not represented ; The connectors' wires are not represented ; the real antennas are not exactly the same as the ones on the pictures.

Step

Pieces	Modeling the bumper
1
2
3

Step

Pieces	Modeling the bumper
4
5
6

Step

Pieces	Modeling the bumper
7
8
9

Step

Pieces	Modeling the bumper
10
11
12

Step

Pieces	Modeling the rear wheel
1
2
3

Step

Pieces	Modeling the rear wheel
4

Step

Pieces	Modeling the eyes
1
2
3

Step

Pieces	Modeling the eyes
4

Step

Pieces	Modeling the light sensor
1
2

Step

Pieces	Modeling the body
1
2
3
4

Step

Pieces	Modeling the body
5
6
7

Step

Pieces	Modeling the body
8
9
10

Step

Pieces	Modeling the body
11
12
13

Step

Pieces	Modeling the body
14
15
16

Step

Pieces	Modeling the body
17
18

Step

Pieces	Modeling the body
19
20
21

Step

Pieces	Modeling the body
22
23

Step

Pieces	Modeling the antennas
1
2

Step

Pieces	Modeling the antennas
3