Build a Remote Controlled Robot
David R. Shircliff
Contents
Preface ix
Introduction xi
CHAPTER ONE. THE MOTORIZED PLATFORM 1
Preparing Motorized Wheels 1
The Platform 4
Mounting Wheels 6
Third Castor Wheel 9
Finishing Touches 11
CHAPTER TWO. BODY FRAMEWORK 13
Cutting Aluminum 13
Drilling and Cutting the Sections 15
Assembling Framework 30
Mounting Framework on the Platform 34
Mounting the Vacuum Outlet 35
CHAPTER THREE. POWER SUPPLY AND
TEMPORARY CONTROL BOX 39
Mounting Batteries and Barrier Strips 39
Wiring Platform 43
Temporary Control Box 45
Control Box Construction 48
Wiring the Temporary Control Box 48
Using the Control Box 51
CHAPTER FOUR. REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM 53
Motherboard 57
Wiring the Motherboard 60
Completing the Motherboard 62
Installing and Wiring the Motherboard 63
Using the Remote Control System 66
CHAPTER FIVE. ARMS AND SUBSYSTEMS 67
Arms 69
Drink Dispenser 75
The Head 80
Wiring the Vacuum System 81
CHAPTER SIX. SKIN AND FINISHING TOUCHES 85
Skin 85
Mounting Tray 91
Mounting Controls 92
Body Lights and Horn 96
12-Volt Power Outlet 98
Bow Tie 98
Painting and Trimming the Body 100
Trim 100
Sources 107
Index 111
INDEX
Access panels, 87
illustration of, 89
Aluminum, cutting the, 13
Angle guides, cutting the, 14
Arm assembly, illustration of, 71
Arm mounting, illustration of, 74
Arms, 67
Barrier strips:
mounting the, 39
multipost, illustration of, 43
Batteries:
charging plugs for, 95
location for, 40
mounting bracket, illustration of, 40
mounting the, 39, 62
wiring diagram for, 47
wiring the, 47
Body framework, 13
Bow tie, 98
wiring diagram for, 100
Castor wheel, 9
illustration of, 11
location of, 10
Channels, 53
Charging plug, illustration of, 95
Control box, temporary, 39, 45
adjusting the, 51
construction of, 48
suggested layout for, 49
using the, 51
wiring the, 50
Control options, illustration of, 56
Controls, mounting the, 92
Crimp kit, 45
Decoder, 53
Drink dispenser, 75
hole placement for, 73
layout, illustration of, 76
tank-to-arm tubing, 79
wiring diagram for, 79
Drink tank, template for, 77
Encoder, 53
Fiberglass, 12
Finishing touches, parts list for,
86
Framework:
assembling the, 30
body, 13
cutting, 13, 14
drilling, 15
drilling and cutting guide, 16–32
lower, parts list for, 33
mounting the platform, 34
mounting the vacuum outlet to,
35
parts list for, 15
upper, parts list for, 32
Gearbox, wheel, 1
Hands, 74
Head, 80
mounting tabs for, 80
wiring diagram for, 83
Head panels, illustration of, 82
Herbach and Rademan Company,
107
Horn, 96
LEDs, 98
Lights, 96
Motherboard, 57
completing the, 62
installing the, 63
layout, illustration of, 57
mounting angles for, 64
wiring diagram for, 61
wiring the, 60, 65
Painting the body, 100
Platform:
building the, 4
motorized, 1
wiring diagram for, 44
wiring the, 43
Platform skirt, attaching the,
102
Platform-to-motherboard wiring
guide, 65
Post holes, location of, 7
Potentiometers (pots), 45
Power outlet:
12-volt, 98
wiring guide for, 99
Power supply, 39
Pump, 77
PVC piping, 69
Receiver, 53
mounting the, 62
Remote control switch, illustration
of, 95
Remote control system, 53
parts list for, 55
using the, 66
Radio Shack, 107
Servos, 53
Skin:
attachment to framework,
illustration of, 87
materials for, 85
Soldering, 49
Star lever, 58
Subsystems, 67
parts list for, 68
Switches:
DPDT, 45
leaf, 54
mounting the, 59
selecting the, 55
SPST, 45
Transmitter, 53
Transmitter control sticks, using
the, 63
Tray, mounting the, 91
Trim, 100
Utility panels, 87
Vacuum cleaner kit, 34
Vacuum outlet:
bracket for, 36
mounting the, 35
Vacuum system, wiring the,
81
Weather stripping, 102
Wheels, motorized:
attachment of, 9
finishing the, 11
illustration of, 2
mounting the, 6
parts list for, 10
preparing the, 1
third castor, 9
wiring, parts list for, 41
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