World Peace Robot
Built by Greg Campbell, this
robot has been designed to fight in the Super
Heavyweight class of the BattleBots Bowl. The robot's main
weapons are
the beak and lifting arm.
The World Peace robot is powered
by a modified chainsaw engine driving a hydraulic
pump at 2000 psi. Two hydraulic motors are used to drive the
robot with separate left
and right proportional valves for steering and speed control.
The onboard controller (designed
with ExpressPCB) selects the best of two 9600 baud
RF links with instructions from the operator. Using this data,
the board controls the vehicle and
arm by adjusting the engine throttle and the numerous hydraulic
valves that feed the actuators.
See the layout of this
board
This control box is used to
operate the robot remotely via the dual RF links. The right
joystick drives the robot while the left one operates the beak
and lifting arm. The front
panel controls select between the robot's five operating modes.
Click on an image for a larger
view
Onboard the robot are 8 circuit boards: processor board,
interface board, dual channel
receive board, I/O interface board, two hydraulic valve driver
boards, status display board,
and the engine starter interface. Each made using the
ExpressPCB layout program and
board manufacturing service. The processor board
that controls the robot is based on the
National Semiconductor COP8 microcontroller.
The photographs are courtesy of Greg &
David Campbell
Copyright © 2013 Greg & David Campbell
