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R. SubramanianBuild Autonomous Mobile Robot from Scratch using ROSMaker Innovations Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9645-5_8

8. Building Bumblebot in Hardware

Rajesh Subramanian1  
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ThunDroids LLP, 54/69, Elayidathu, Kumaranasan Road, Kadavanthra, 682020 Kochi, Kerala, India
 

Outline

This chapter discusses how to physically build a basic two-wheeled robot called “Bumblebot” using hardware components. It consists of the following steps:

  • Preliminary robot setup

  • Udev rules

  • Configuring Arduino to control peripherals

  • 3D printing the robot parts

  • Assembling and wiring the electronics

  • Motor gear ratio calculation

  • Custom motor driver and ROS interface ...

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