Tangible User Interfaces - Fall 2011

Description

I used some balsa wood, styrofoam packing peanuts, and tape for my crawler. The servo motor is oriented upside-down and balsa wood legs are taped to the head. I glued packing peanuts together to make the legs, and taped a glued group of peanuts to the front of the motor for stability. I also put a piece of tape at the bottom of the stabilizer to reduce traction. Finally, I wrote a program that automatically actuates the crawler. It uses the servo_serial code and alternates between the '5' and '8' settings every 750 milliseconds.

Crawler with a balsa wood hinged arm, cork foot, and body from the box in which it came. The code sweeps the servo through the extreme positions and the potentiometer controls speed of movement.

Code below: