{"id":599,"date":"2006-12-11T09:09:20","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T14:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/php.astolfo.com\/?p=599"},"modified":"2014-12-21T06:32:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T11:32:38","slug":"recycler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2006\/12\/11\/recycler\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my first robots.\u00a0 Built to demonstrate simple navigation and pickup rotines.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/image\/recycler\/back.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"149\" \/><br \/>\nThis is the back of the robot. It shows the pneumatics engagement component. When the front sensor is triggered, this gear shifts the CAM beam, which in turn changes the valve of the pneumatics.\u00a0 This will open or close the claw.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Closer view of the claw component.\u00a0 2 small tires were used to allow for the grabber to be sticky enough to hold whatever was being picked up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/image\/recycler\/grabber.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[ad name=&#8221;GoogleAS728x90&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Showing the bottom of the Recycler.\u00a0 The light sensor was used to enable the bot to track along a black line.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/image\/recycler\/bottom.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This picture shows a number of components.\u00a0 The first being the robot in pickup mode. It has detected something in front of it, and has picked it up.\u00a0 The beam at the front is a crude method for detecting when something is in front that needs to be picked up.\u00a0 I have since discovered much better ways of doing this.\u00a0 The unit works as follows &#8211; navigate fwd along a line, when the beam is hit, pressure triggers the front sensor hidden behind the claw unit.\u00a0 This triggers the pneumatics to pickup the item.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/image\/recycler\/fsensor.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rate This Post:  <span id=\"post-ratings-599\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"ac24dfb60a\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_599_1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(599, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_599_2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"2 Stars\" title=\"2 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(599, 2, '2 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_599_3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"3 Stars\" title=\"3 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(599, 3, '3 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_599_4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"4 Stars\" title=\"4 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(599, 4, '4 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_599_5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars\/rating_on.gif\" alt=\"5 Stars\" title=\"5 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(599, 5, '5 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/> (<strong>1<\/strong> votes, average: <strong>5.00<\/strong> out of 5)<br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_599_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-599-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my first robots.\u00a0 Built to demonstrate simple navigation and pickup rotines. 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