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Learning Robotics using Python

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Learning Robotics using Python

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Learning Robotics Using Python
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Building ChefBot hardware


The first section of the robot that needs to be configured is the base plate. The base plate consists of two motors and its wheels, caster wheels, and base plate supports. The following image shows the top and bottom view of the base plate:

Base plate with motors, wheels, and caster wheels

The base plate has a radius of 15cm and motors with wheels are mounted on the opposite sides of the plate by cutting a section from the base plate. A rubber caster wheel is mounted on the opposite side of the base plate to give the robot good balance and support for the robot. We can either choose ball caster wheels or rubber caster wheels. The wires of the two motors are taken to the top of the base plate through a hole in the center of the base plate. To extend the layers of the robot, we will put base plate supports to connect the next layers. Now, we can see the next layer with the middle plate and connecting tubes. There are hollow tubes, which connect the base plate and the...