Four Dollar Rumble Bot Becomes Autonomous

I put this rumbleBot video up in response to all the Roboticists who are introducing the Arduino as autonmous controller. Here's an even cheaper way to make a cheapo bot.



Take a little motor controller board (15 bucks)
Deluxe model get a picAxe 08m (4 bucks)
Grab a Sharp IR unit (15 bucks)
Don't forget the Rumble-Bot (5 - 30 bucks - mine was $4 at second-hand store)

So for around $40 bucks, you get a pretty amazing robot. If you leave the head on and put little sensor switches in the bot's hands, you have a pretty decent looking little robot.

Of course, the whole project is on CwhatIcanDo.com...