NewCDbot Body Kit (We No Longer Sell This Kit)
We recommend purchasing the Energizer 15-Minute battery charger, so that you can spend more time with the robot. Some kits available today require you to use alkaline batteries due to the voltage loss when switching to a rechargeable battery, but not with the NewCDbot because you can use alkaline or rechargeable batteries. Here's a video of the NewCDbot Body Kit controlled by an optional OOPic-I. Here's a video of the NewCDbot Body Kit with an optional Basic Stamp1 (BS1). Go ahead, add a small bread-board with the appropriate electronic components, throw on a PIC16F877A development board from CCS or integrate an OOPic-I as shown here and you'll have a robot that's ready to take on the world or at least your programming commands. The possibilities are only limited to your imagination, so check out our Build-It Yourself section for additional ideas and projects! See a video of a NewCDbot with bumper sensors running the PIC16F877A development board from CCS or a video of a NewCDbot with a mini bread board running a PIC16F876. Also, a video of the NewCDbot with a BrainStem controller from Acroname!
Please contact us if you have questions/comments.
NewCDbot with Bumper Switches (We No Longer Sell This Kit)
Since we firmly believe in offering up great free robotics projects, software and ideas here is the entire set of instructions for building a NewCDbot. The NewCDbot is an affordable way to get started in the wonderful world of robotics! NewCDbot is a fully autonomous programmable mobile robot that can utilize an OOPic I or any other micro-controller. Complete on-line documentation and free software for programming the OOPic is available on the OOPic website. However, here at Abe Howell's Robotics we've created and offer free software, the NewCDbot Programmer Software (NCPS), which allows you to program NewCDbot without actually writing any code. Collected data can now be read from EEPROM memory using the OOPic Multi-language Compiler and then viewed and saved to file with the NCPS! Please check out classroom module2b for more information. Two bumper switch sensors perform obstacle detection and navigation. Recycled CDs are used to form the body of NewCDbot. The (4)-AA battery holder has a built-in switch that allows you to turn the power on/off. NewCDbot is great for classroom use, Teachers & Educators click here for Classroom Lab Modules. NewCDbot utilizes some of the same parts and components that can be found in robot kits that cost hundreds of dollars. We have designed NewCDbot to be an entry level robot that is capable of growing and expanding with your robotics interests. When you need more space for additional sensors or maybe want to add a gripper, simply remove the components from your NewCDbot and install then into a larger more capable robot body. Go ahead, design your own robot body and let the folks at Pololu laser cut it for you!
Papers/Presentations on the NewCDbot
*Click here for a paper on the NewCDbot Programmer Software (NCPS) and the NewCDbot Robot. This paper was presented at the 2003 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Meeting, Oct. 24-25th.
Where is the NewCDbot Kit being used?
1. Kids Explore Summer Science Program at Binghamton University
2. Vestal Middle School Math Department in Binghamton, NY
3. Western Michigan Computer Science Department
For more information on the NewCDbot check out the following WebPages:
* For NewCDbot Kit assembly instructions please click here.
* Click here for the NewCDbot Programmer Software ( NCPS) & Online Manual.
* To get started programming your NewCDbot, check out our online tutorials here.
* Please read the NewCDbot FAQs if you have a question or problem.
* Click here to look at several build-it yourself ideas for your NewCDbot.
Note: The NewCDbot Kit is not a toy and is to be used by adults or supervised by adults! We recommend that you install the free OOPic Multi-Language Compiler from Savage Innovations Inc. and test your computer for parallel port compatibility before you un-package your NewCDbot Kit, so that you may be able to return the kit if necessary. You can follow the instructions for the programming cable configuration. If the cable is detected then your port is okay, but if the cable is not detected then your parallel port may be incompatible. The NewCDbot may not be duplicated for resale.
NewCDbot is a Trademark of Abe Howell's Robotics. OOPic is a Trademark of Savage Innovations Inc.
PICmicro is a Registered Trademark of Microchip Technology Inc.
