Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
The following items are required to complete this task:
1. A posterboard
2. A permanent marker
3. A pencil
4. A ruler
5. A4 sheets
Engage thrusters
1. We will use a readily available line for the following track (
http://www.parallax.
pdf
) designed for the
Scribbler
line following robot from Parallax. The line following
track from Parallax consists of 10 individual pieces of track that can be arranged and
customized according to our needs.
2. We will get started with prining two sets of the track available along with this
project's downloads and arrange them according to our needs and determine
the complicity of the track. An example of the track is shown in the following image,
and this can be considered the fastest way of building a line following track:
A line following track
Use electrical tape and build a track
Pololu has published an excellent tutorial (
https://www.polol
u.com/docs/pdf/0J22/
building_line_courses.pdf
) on building a track using electrical tape. The only
disadvantage behind using this method to build a track is that the wrinkles on the
electrical tape can afect the smooth operaion of the robot.
