Most people can agree that picking weeds is not a whole lot of fun. [Dave] was not a big fan of sitting out in the heat toiling over his lawn, so he did the only rational thing and built a robot to do it for him.
Nuntius, the Garden Avenger, is a remote controlled robot that [Dave] can use to pick weeds from the comfort of his couch. The robot is controlled by a Propeller microcontroller, taking its commands wirelessly via a pair of XBee modules. Nuntius’ controller is pretty intuitive, consisting of a 5-axis arm complete with a gripper that [Dave] can articulate in any number of directions. His motions cause the robot’s arm to move in sync, and driving Nuntius is as easy as holding down a button and moving the controls in the desired direction.
[Dave] can monitor what Nuntius is doing via a wireless camera he has installed on the robot’s arm, allowing him to sit back and relax indoors while the robot handles the hard work.
Keep reading to see a short video demo of Nuntius in action.
[via Make]
Filed under: robots hacks
Posted on Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:37:34 +0000 at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hackaday/LgoM/~3/c-xZnUNLf28/
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Nuntius, the Garden Avenger, is a remote controlled robot that [Dave] can use to pick weeds from the comfort of his couch. The robot is controlled by a Propeller microcontroller, taking its commands wirelessly via a pair of XBee modules. Nuntius’ controller is pretty intuitive, consisting of a 5-axis arm complete with a gripper that [Dave] can articulate in any number of directions. His motions cause the robot’s arm to move in sync, and driving Nuntius is as easy as holding down a button and moving the controls in the desired direction.
[Dave] can monitor what Nuntius is doing via a wireless camera he has installed on the robot’s arm, allowing him to sit back and relax indoors while the robot handles the hard work.
Keep reading to see a short video demo of Nuntius in action.
[via Make]
Filed under: robots hacks
Posted on Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:37:34 +0000 at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hackaday/LgoM/~3/c-xZnUNLf28/
Comments: http://hackaday.com/2011/08/05/robots-tends-your-lawn-while-you-veg-out-on-the-couch/#comments
