OVERVIEW
At the end of my first year of university, we were put into groups and told to make a remote-controlled buggy that could navigate a track. We were provided with the caterpillar tracks and motors, but the rest of the buggy had to be made by us.
Features:
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- Bluetooth remote control with a mobile phone
- Bluetooth module connected to Arduino Mega
- Connects to phone running the blynk app.
- The app had ‘virtual controls’ that could drive the buggy and control other aspects such as the turret and blinking LEDs
- LCD screen
- The LCD screen was mounted on the back of the buggy and would display the direction that the user was setting with the virtual controls.
- This allowed us to obtain more marks and added a layer of complexity to the buggy.
- Power
- We used two 9V batteries to power the buggy. 1 for the Arduino Mega and 1 for the motors.
- Design
- Mudit, a member of our group, papier-mâchéd a box to cover over the circuitry and then painted it green in the style of a tank.
- He is also responsible for the photos that you see.