Centauri's Thoughts

Bot II has been slowly progressing. This has involved re-building and re-designing everything.. literally from the ground up.

Bot II has gear motors which are 5 times faster than Bot I (from 12 RPM to 70 RPM), battery power has changed from a heavy 2.3 Ah gel-cell to 6 NiMH C cells (almost the same current at 1/2 the weight), the internal layout is different as well.. the batteries and motor drivers will live in the bottom 1.5 inch layer all by themselves. The computer parts will live in the next layer (multiple computers, Jack Rabbit and Basic Stamp)

Ultrasonic distance measuring, and real time camera tracking will also live on Bot II. Overall, it is coming together, but lessons learned from Bot I are carefully being considered in the build of Bot II.