QUT Robotics Club

This is the code and graphics for the QUT Robotics Club Chasecam Project created in 2021.

Who Are We

The QUT Robotics Club is a student run organisation dedicated to promoting robotics within the QUT community and supporting QUT students’ future in Robotics.

Contributing to the Codebase

If you wish to change code and contribute to the website please use git properly.

• Create a branch
• Write code and comment properly
• Commit code to your branch with a clear description as the commit message
• Create a pull request with Ryan(bb3b191) as reviewer
• If comments are made to be changed please ask how to rebase your commits to keep issues to a minimum

To Do

• Serial Communication for controller.ino
• Create rccar.ino for control of the car via onboard teensy
• Serial communication for visionservo.py (receiving commands from controller)
• Incorporate manual mode into visionservo.py

Other Files

• servorccar.ino: Shows how you can hard code a brushless motor RC car to move using an Arduino Uno
• servotestrccar.ino: Shows how you can control a brushless motor RC car to move using an Arduino Uno and two potentiometers
• xbeeblinktest.ino: Testing if teensy can receive serial commmands through an xbee
• xbeeblinktestsend.ino: Testing if teensy can send serial commmands through an xbee

Hardware

On Car

• Chassis: https://bit.ly/3buwlee
• Brushless Motor and ESC Combo: https://bit.ly/3kYLCau
• Car Servo: https://bit.ly/2PKVuZL
• Battery: https://bit.ly/3ry7CLz
• Pan Tilt Servo Rig: https://bit.ly/3ivr6P9
• Raspberry Pi 3b
• Teensy 3.2
• XBEE PRO S1
• Plus consumables
• Custom Power and Data PCB

On Controller:

• Teensy 3.2
• XBEE PRO S1
• Plus consumables
• Custom PCB

Controller for testing

• Off the shelf controller and receiver: https://bit.ly/2PKVuZL