Merkur perFEKT challenge 2016

On 29th November we competed in Merkur perFEKT challenge at FEKT VUT Brno with other high school teams and we won the 1st place in Autonomous vehicle category. The task was to make, within 5.5 hour timeframe, an autonomous tracked vehicle using the following components:

-       Merkur tracked chassis 01

-       Battery pack 6x1.2V NiMH

-       Pololu DRV8835 Dual Motor Driver

-       LED diode + resistor

-       Toggle switch

-       Micro switch

-   Ultrasonic sensor HC-SR 04

This is what we did with them:

 

Back view

Front view

 

Top view

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