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The
COLMAC Line Follower Robot
has been developed
as a low cost introductory model for students and
educators interested in Robotics
.
Line follower robots are used extensively in industry
in areas where parts or materials need to be
constantly delivered from one location to another.
Generally known as AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) they are found mainly in the car
manufacturing industry and anywhere that employs large warehousing where the robot follows
tracks to and from the shelves they stock and retrieve from.
The COLMAC line follower robot kit has the following features:
Simple chassis made from acrylic sheet.
Two wheeled easily controlled differential drive and steering.
Significant distance between line sensors and wheels allowing the robot time to react and
reduce the instances of over-shooting.
Line illumination LED.
The following should be noted when using this robot:
All the settings for the LDR sensors indicated in the notes are examples only. Each robot will
require its own settings for the sensors to be found through calibration. They will depend
on the surface it is operating on, the colour of the line being followed, the charge in the
batteries etc. and indeed similar LDRs will differ slightly from each other.
This robot is also suitable for entering the annual
Robotics Ireland
©Robot Games Ireland
Tournament in the Line Follower Racing category. See
