While sitting around the pool in the summer it never fails someone is in the pool and wants a beer. I have to get up walk to the pool and hand them a beer. The solution was the Beerbot. Now all a have to do is put a beer in my Beerbot and use any web browser to send commands to the Beerbot to deliver the beer.
The components needed to build a Beerbot:
- Wooden cigar box
- Robot tank treads with hardware
- 4 continuous movement servos
- Wireless router (I used the Edimax BR-6258n)
- Power source ( I used the EasyAcc 5000mAh 2.5A Dual Port
- Netduino Plus
- 4 led's (optional for night driving)
How it works:
The Netduino has a small web server that sends HTML web pages and parses the POST commands sent back. For example if the user clicks on “Forward” the Beerbot moves forward.
Software:
I used Microsoft Visual Studio Express (Visual Basic) to write the software. I have included the code. It can easily be translated to C# by using any of the translators on the web. There is one more software file that I used to generate the web page that did not download. It should be easy to reproduce a web page.
I hope you enjoy your Beerbot as much as I do. Beerbot.JPG 123.77KB 6 downloads