The pololu zumo chassis is a tracked robot platform that is small enough to qualify for mini sumo competitions and works with a variety of micro metal gearmotors. This is a repository of example code for pololu s zumo 32u4 robot. It includes two micro metal gearmotors coupled to a pair of silicone tracks, a stainless steel bulldozerstyle blade, an array of six infrared reflectance sensors for line following or edge detection, a buzzer for simple sounds and music, a 3axis. It has been explicitly tested with the uno r3, leonardo, mega 2560 r3, due.
The configuration software will work even if the serial port drivers are not installed properly. You will also need a pair of micro metal gearmotors, four aa batteries, and an arduino to complete your zumo robot motors, batteries, and arduino sold separately. Pololu pololu zumo chassis users guide keywords pololu, robotics, robot electronics, robot kits, robot parts, ir beacon, servo controller, motor controller, robot sensors, robot chassis, robot gearboxes, robot tires, ball casters, tamiya parts, elenco kits. The chassis is composed of black abs and features a compartment for four aa batteries and sockets for two micro metal gearmotors. Contacting pololu we would be delighted to hear from you about your experiences with the. I created the high integrity sumobot using adaspark and high integrity software engineering techniques. Nov 19, 2015 pololu zumo tracked robot for arduino comes fully assembled and is ready to compete in mini sumo with addition of an arduino controller and batteries. Today we will be looking at the pololu zumo 32u4 robot, a robot similar in size to the zumo robot shield for arduino, but with quite a few changes. Windows xp will warn you again that the driver has not been tested by microsoft and recommend that you stop. Pololus maestro servo controllers offer industryleading resolution and stability for precise, jitterfree control of your rc servos. Save money on things you want with a pololu electronics promo code or coupon.
Users manual for the pololu zumo shield for arduino. Beta testing is a unique opportunity to try the latest programs and provide feedback directly to the program developers. This is a library for an arduinocompatible controller that interfaces with the pololu zumo shield, zumo reflectance sensor array, zumo robot kit, and zumo robot for arduino. Latest software and microcontrollers topics pololu forum. Jan 31, 20 when i was looking for some nice dc motors with quadrature encoders for my next lecture project, i stumbled over the pololu web site which had exactly the dc motors i was looking for. Zumo robot for arduino the zumo robot for arduino is a fullyassembled robot platform built from the same components found in the zumo robot kit for arduino, along with these additions. The zumo shield for arduino can be purchased on pololus website.
Getting started with your 3pi robot gettingstartedwithyour3picanbeassimpleastakingitoutofthebox,addingbatteries,andturningiton. Pololu zumo 32u4 motor commands arduino forum index. He opened the kit content and felt intimidated by the content, and came to me as he knows im good at soldering. The zumo is available in a number of variants for arduino such as the all singing zumo 32u4 which has sensors, buzzer, lcd, accelerometer and more, and also the barebones zumo chassis kit which is perfect for the raspberry pi as we can add our own electronics. Pololu source code, libraries, and software utilities. This section explains how to configure and test your motor over usb using the tic control center software. Library to help interface with the onboard hardware of the pololu zumo 32u4 robot. And their zumo robot robot kit was something which attracted my eyes. Aug 18, 2016 example code for polulus arduinobased zumo 32u4 robot. Pololu zumo tracked chassis kit no motors robotshop. Interrobot communication may facilitate interesting cooperative behaviors. With its quick response time, small size, and low current draw, this sensor is a good choice for noncontact object detection, and our compact carrier pcb makes it easy to. Pololu zumo robot kit for arduino superdroid robots.
Pololu zumo tracked robot for arduino comes fully assembled and is ready to compete in mini sumo with addition of an arduino controller and batteries. Pololu zumo shield for arduino users guide printable pdf. Inertial sensors accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyro pololu. Look down a ways on that page for where to copy things over to install. Click on the following image to download the technical documentation of the zumo robot. Features include a native usb interface, separate speed and acceleration settings for each servo, internal scripting control, and channels configurable as general purpose io. Example code for polulus arduinobased zumo 32u4 robot. It has been explicitly tested with the uno r3, leonardo, mega 2560 r3, due, and duemilanove atmega328p. Adam, who posts under the username nexisnet on the pololu forums, has performed a detailed series of experiments to determine how operating voltage affects the lifetime of the mabuchi fa motor, which happens to be the motors used in the tamiya 70168 double gearbox, 70167 single gearbox 4speed, 70097 twinmotor gearbox, 70093 3speed crankaxle gearbox, 70110 4speed crankaxle gearbox, and 70103 universal gearbox. This product is sold in kit and requires soldering. Pololu has some can sketches, so for testing i will pop on an uno and validate the rest of the hardware from a software perspective. The pololu zumo robot platform has no interrobot communication facility asdesigned. The code lets you easily use the native usb interfaces of the devices, allowing access to more features than the virtual com ports.
Basic sumo blade for zumo chassis youwill receive the black acrylic spacer and mounting plates with protective paper masking. If you dont have soldering material, check our basic soldering kit. I bought these to teach some teens about robotics and robot navigation. Pololu usb avr programmer v2 software and drivers for windows 9mb msi. What you will need in addition to the zumo chassis kit, you will require these items to construct a working robot. That pololu zumo board does not have any atmega on it. Sep 28, 2015 calibrating sensor data into flash and then run minisumon on a sheet of paper. This library for the arduino makes it easy to interface with pololus a4990 dual motor driver shield and drive a pair of brushed dc motors. Arduino libraries for the pololu zumo shield and zumo robot kit for arduino. It consists of a zumo shield for arduino, a zumo chassis kit, and a zumo blade. To get started with their robot, download the arduino compiler, next install the astar support for the arduino compiler. While the most obvious application of this library is to work with the zumo shield s user pushbutton on digital pin 12, this library can be used as a generalpurpose library for interfacing many types of buttons and switches to an arduino, even without a zumo shield. I am interested in repurposing the ir proximity sensors and the ir illuminators to receive and send serial data. Otherwise is it a great produce, performs well, and the demo software works as advertised.
The kit includes a zumo chassis, a zumo blade, and our new zumo shield for arduino, which acts as an interface between the arduino and the chassis. The pololu maestro roborealm module provides a way to interface the visual processing of roborealm into servo movements using the pololu maestro board. Overview thezumo32u4robotisacomplete,versatilerobotcontrolledbyanarduinocompatibleatmega32u4 microcontroller. Jan 11, 2016 the first version of the zumo came with the v1. Pololu is an electronics manufacturer and online retailer serving education, maker, and professional engineering industries with products ranging from sensors and motion control electronics to motors and wheels to complete robots. Mar 08, 2014 processing the pololu motor shaft encoders posted on march 8, 2014 by erich styger for the first generation of the intro zumo robots, i have pololu optical wheel encoders see adding quadrature encoder to the zumo chassis which were available last year. The pololu zumo chassis is a small, tracked robot platform that is less than 10 cm on each side, allowing it to qualify for mini sumo competitions.
Everything is included with this kit, except 4 aa batteries and an usb cable. Pololu maestro the pololu maestro is a very compact solution for controlling up to six radio control rc servos from a computer or microcontroller. I wanted to make it easy for people interested in adaspark to see how all the pieces fit together in a small embedded project. Pololu mini maestro 12channel usb servo controller. You will also need a pair of micro metal gear motors, four aa batteries, and an arduino to complete your zumo robot motors, batteries, and arduino sold separately. Assembling the zumo chassis kit esp8266 robotics projects. Processing the pololu motor shaft encoders mcu on eclipse. Micro maestro as the brains of a tiny hexapod robot. The imu on board is great, also for enhancing that.
Application examples serialservocontrollerformultiservoprojectse. This steps through getting the software set up on your computer to program the zumo 32u4 robot. This represents the maestros native usb interface, and it is used by our configuration software. The changes to the shield were relatively minor improvements to the accelerometer and an added gyro. The following are a collection of my notes as i work through the project. The pololu zumo tracked chassis kit no motors is a small, tracked robot platform that is less than 10 cm on each side, allowing it to qualify for mini sumo competitions. You can test to see if your shielding is good by putting your zumo on a black surface with no objects nearby. Calibrating sensor data into flash and then run minisumon on a sheet of paper. However, in our tests, we found that the magnetometer could still be useful for rough measurements of relative. Pololus zumo chassis kit contains the components you will need to build a small, highperformance tracked robot platform. This software simplifies initial setup of the device and allows for insystem testing and monitoring of the controller via usb a microb usb cable is required to connect the tic to a computer. Dec 04, 2017 interrobot communication may facilitate interesting cooperative behaviors.
This combination deal contains most of the parts you need to build an arduinocontrolled zumo robot. I did my best to write simple, clean, and maintainable code throughout. Technical discussions about software, control algorithms, and programming languages. First tests using a slightly modified version of the follow target example from the libraries. You can use this chassis as the base for your custom robot or get one of our more complete zumo robots, which include electronics designed specifically for the zumo chassis.
The main body is composed of black abs and features a compartment for four aa batteries and sockets for two micro metal gearmotors. Pololu carrier with sharp gp2y0d810z0f digital distance sensor 10cm this small digital distance sensor detects objects between 2 cm and 10 cm 0. Zumo tracked chassis kit no motors small and tracked robot platform. It provides functions to help you program an arduinocontrolled zumo robot, and the included example sketches demonstrate. It is a good idea to test the motor over usb like this to make sure that the motor is working and that you can get the desired performance out of it before you connect a different kind of input to the tic and try to use that to control the motor. Pololu pololu maestro servo controller users guide. Zumo shield the shield itself comes with the following components. Mar 21, 2016 in a previous post i looked at the pololu robot shield for arduino, which was a robot shield on top of which a arduino uno r3 plugged into to form a great little autonomous robot. Fully assembled zumo chassis with assembled zumo shield. The pololu zumo robot is a small 10 cm x 10 cm tracked robot platform based on atmega32u4 that qualify for mini sumo competitions. However, in our tests, we found that the magnetometer was still useful for detecting relative orientation. The pololu zumo robot is an arduinocontrollable tracked robot platform that is less than 10 cm. The mini maestros are the newest of pololus secondgeneration usb servo controllers, offering more channels and features than the smaller sixchannel micro maestro the mini maestros are highly versatile and compact servo controllers and generalpurpose io boards. We did several tests of the front proximity sensors to see how well they could see the steel blade of another.
We at pololu are excited to announce the release of the zumo robot kit for arduino, a lowprofile, arduinocontrolled tracked robot that is small enough to qualify for minisumo but flexible enough to make your own. This can be useful if you want to test your arduino program without allowing the motors to run, since. You should first test any such adhesives on a concealed part of the chassis to ensure they will not. Source code, libraries, and software utilities pololu. That board has been originally designed to place an arduino board on top of it, similar what i did with the frdmkl25z board. This is the place to come for a first look at the hottest new software. Pololu set it up modficiation to the sensor to be done easily and well documented too. The following image shows what is inside in the zumo robotics kit for arduino. Today we will be looking at the pololu zumo 32u4 robot, a robot similar in size to the zumo robot shield for. This weekend a friend of mine came asking for help to assemble one zumo kit he bought for his kid.
Pololu zumo 32u4 robot users guide embeddedsystems lab. Shareware junction network is your source for shareware, freeware, demos, betas and prereleases. At only 10cm x 10cm, it is small enough to compete at mini sumo and the included 75. There should be an entry for the maestro in the pololu usb devices category of the device manager. This is a repository of example code for pololus zumo 32u4 robot. The pololu usb software development kit is a package that contains example code for making your own pc applications that control pololu usb devices.