In a recent past I have been very active blogging about this project, which have occupied a portion of my free time in a rather pleasurab...

After a few months of posting abstinence here are some fresh new things to show this summer. The android application has been dramatically i...

While the Java PC application is useful for testing and controlling the robotic car while sitting in a chair, for on the field fun a more pr...

One of the essential things an autonomous rover must have (which mine didn't had) is one or more quadrature encoders. In fact even some ...

After some hobby time spenditure, the result meets the expectations. While it is a functional and simple (and a good fallback solution), con...

After a lot of stress tests with the original platform, it was time for something better. The original platform was no more than a toy RC ca...

While the rear wheel traction motor provides plenty of power for normal operation, the curiosity of obtaining some extra power through a dif...

While it is important to design a autonomous rover capable of performing even under the worst conditions and with the least available info...

Unlike some other domains, with robot software bugs can have expensive outcomes. In order to avoid unpleasant mishaps, I have decided to imp...

With all the hardware prepared (except the quadrature encoder on the wheels, which is still to be implemented and installed), all conditions...

The good work goes on, and the objective of achieving a fully autonomous rover is closing in. In this article I present 3 hardware additio...

Last, but absolutely not the least, is adding intelligence to the beast. Considering the budget constraints and simplicity of integration ...

One of the most pleasant situations is when can execute an idea without using any of your budget. It occured to me that having some onboard ...

Robotic vehicles are not a novelty. Initial attempts to create autonomous roving machines date back to the 1970's, with examples such as...