First Renders — Elegoo V1
We’re starting to see some progress! After last week's work, I finally have the first renders of my Elegoo robot. This CAD model of the robot is the unmodified version of the robot, this will give me the groundwork and lay the foundations for the upgrades I have planned for the future of this project. But as a base, I'm very happy with where we are so far and think it is a very good scale model to work off in the coming weeks.
There is a clear progression in my CAD skill seeing the rendered images of my designs, and I think last week's side projects lent very well to progressing my cad skills. My plan now is to build the robot itself and begin performing my tests. In tandem with the build process, I will also be working on the code for the self-balancing mechanism of the robot. Since Elegoo has only two wheels, onboard accelerometers will be used to transmit data to the Arduino. Onto the Arduino, in will write code that will read the data, process it, and execute orders to the motors to correct the robot's position and achieve stability and “self-balance”.
Once the robot is assembled and programmed with its base functions of driving and balancing itself. I will set the robot's end task. To navigate an obstacle course, retrieve a ball, and return it to its starting location. While this seems like a trivial task, it actually provides very important engineering questions. How will the robot identify obstacles? How will it avoid and plot a new course around these obstacles? How will it retrieve and hold a ball? and How will the ball or balls be presented for the robot to retrieve? All of these questions have hundreds of possible answers and it is up to me to design the most efficient method of solving these problems. And if you want to see how I go about solving these issues make sure to follow along for next week's blog and my Instagram for constant updates on my progress. Bye till then!!
