Avoidance Robot

This project was started around April of 2016. I started this project becuase I had never built a robot that uses sensory data to move. Earlier, I had always built stationary robots. I wanted to try something new which is why I built this obstacle avoiding robot. To build it, I used an rc car. First, I disassembled it and removed the circuit board. Then, I stripped the motor wires and hooked the motors to an L298N H-Bridge. This will allow the motors to be controlled using the arduino.

After the H-Bridge was wired, I added the ultrasonic sensor. This will detect distance. After everything was wired, I added a 5v power bank to power all the componets in the robot. Now it is time to program the robot. I created a simple avoidance program in the arduino IDE. After I finished the program, I uploaded the code and watched the robot avoid obstacles in its path by turning in the opposite direction.