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List <strong>of</strong> Figures<br />

2.1 The standard wheel and castor wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />

2.2 Omniwheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

2.3 Spherical Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

2.4 Differential drive configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

2.5 Tri-cycle drive, combined steering and driving . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

2.6 MRV4 robot with synchro drive mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />

2.7 Palm Pilot Robot with omniwheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

2.8 Robots developed for games and interactions . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

3.1 The design <strong>of</strong> robot using Google SketchUp . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />

3.2 The optimal torque / speed curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />

3.3 The calculated curve for <strong>the</strong> Pololu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />

3.4 Pololu 25:1 Metal Gearmotor 20Dx44L mm. . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />

3.5 The connection between <strong>the</strong> motors, chassis and wheels . . . 26<br />

3.6 Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

3.7 The wheel holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />

3.8 Three wheel configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

3.9 The position <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

3.10 The real camera position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

3.11 Bumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />

3.12 The bumper design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />

3.13 Robot with foams, springs and bumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />

3.14 J.tronik Li-Po Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />

3.15 Structure <strong>of</strong> an H bridge (highlighted in red) . . . . . . . . . 35<br />

3.16 The schematics <strong>of</strong> voltage divider and voltage regulator circuit 37<br />

4.1 The wheel position and robot orientation . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />

4.2 A linear movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />

4.3 The angular movement calculated by simulator . . . . . . . . 44<br />

4.4 The mixed angular and linear movement calculated . . . . . . 45<br />

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