From news!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!ai-lab!soggy-fibers!jlj Wed Jun 21 11:20:46 EDT 1995
Article: 20817 of comp.robotics
Path: news!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!ai-lab!soggy-fibers!jlj
From: jlj@soggy-fibers.ai.mit.edu (Joseph Lee Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Robot Mechanical Components -- New kits from AK Peters
Date: 21 Jun 1995 13:12:04 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Lines: 39
Message-ID: <3s95r4$32u@life.ai.mit.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: soggy-fibers.ai.mit.edu

AK Peters has just begun shipping two new versions of the Rug Warrior robot (as
described in "Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation").  Both new kits
contain all the mechanical parts needed to build a Rug Warrior or other small
autonomous mobile robot.  Illustrated instructions are also provided.  The list
of available kits now includes:

  The Mobile Robot Brain Kit -- the original electronics kit
  The Mobile Robot Brawn Kit -- (new) robot mechanical components
  The Expanded Mobile Robot Kit -- (new) Brain and Brawn kits packaged together

The new Brawn kit consists of:
  2  6-volt DC motors with integrated 20:1 gear boxes
  2  Drive wheels (2.5" diameter)
  1  Delrin caster ball and mounting shaft
  1  Chassis plate (6" diameter) with predrilled holes and slots
  1  Extra battery holder (for motor power supply)
  2  Shaft encoder stripe patterns (self adhesive)
  1  Clear full-coverage skirt (for omnidirectional collision detection)
  Mounting hardware: brackets, screws, nuts, washers, standoffs, etc.

The "Brawn" kit is mechanically compatible with the Rug Warrior board (from the
"Brain" kit) and with both Fred Martin's Mini Board and the 6.270 board.
(However, mounting holes have been drilled only for the Rug Warrior board.)

The "Brain" kit is MC68HC11 based.  It includes a circuit board, full set of
sensors, LCD display, and all the required wire and electrical hardware.  The
circuit board comes partially assembled -- logic and serial line interface
circuitry is in place so that the board is functional right out of the box.

The Expanded kit is the Brain and Brawn kits packaged together.  To complete
assembly of the robot, the builder must solder the auxiliary components to the
circuit board, make cables (from wire and connectors supplied), mount sensors,
and attach components to the chassis plate.

AK Peters sells the Brain kit for $290, the Brawn kit for $160, and the
Expanded Kit for $450.  They can be contacted via phone: 617-235-2210 or
email: kpeters@math.harvard.edu.

Joe Jones