Lindbot
Overview
Robotic platforms for educational purposes generally fall into two categories. They are expensive and require significant capital investment for students to have the opportunity to learn with them, or they are overly simplistic, limiting the educational experience to app-driven remote-control vehicles with little or no actual design involved. This is why Lindblom Robotics has developed the Lindbot – an open hardware and software robotics platform where students can learn about robotics, programming, design, and manufacturing to develop the skills necessary to compete in an ever-changing technological landscape.
Design Features
Arduino Uno
Continuous rotation Servos
Remote Control
Bump switches
Ultrasonic and Photoresistor holder
On the original boe-bot design, there weren’t enough Arduino ports/inputs for all the controls we wanted to include on the Lindbots. To compensate for this issue, a modular circuit board was designed and created to allow for more efficiency in the model. The instructions for this Arduino can be accessed and followed through the following link.
LindBot Creation
The idea behind the Lindbot is to provide a low-cost robotics platform for students to develop an initial understanding of electromechanical systems. Through hands-on labs and tutorials, students learn about key components of a robot platform and develop programming skills to create robot personalities and accomplish tasks. As students develop their skills the tasks and challenges expand to use additional sensors and programming architecture.
From there, students begin creating custom accessories and mechanisms to add to the LindBot and branch out to use other microcontrollers and programming platforms. Lastly, students learn how to build and fabricate the entire LindBot system, augmenting and improving the platform as they go, with the intent of creating a new robot kit for a new student entering the program.
