X-Git-Url: http://challenge-bot.com/repos/?p=challenge-bot;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=ba08dc04fbabbb346573fc18e9c7042a30f0729b;hp=93966a70bf08ce9d3876d52a0d88e80f6b660330;hb=df9c03dc6eac3d134b7978fe4002aa615466d772;hpb=a920a7b58f2b278a1b088a4ae284d02646b50bc2 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 93966a7..ba08dc0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,24 @@ -challenge-bot -============= +# challenge-bot -Information about the 2013 HBRC Challenge Robot. +## quickstart + +[openSCAD tutorial](http://xib.me/s2ry) + +[assemble the hardware](http://xib.me/s378) + +[wire and load code to the robot](http://xib.me/s379) + +## Introduction + +Most introductory robots are "dead-end" robots that +tend to strand people after they have the first +few robot behaviors are implemented -- obstacle avoid, +wall follow, line follow, don't fall off table, etc. + +One of the primary goals of the challenge-bot is to try +to make it expandable from simple to more complex in +reasonable incremental steps. + +The base is organized around 1-inch x 1-inch grid peg-board +which is readily available from locations such as Home +Depot, Lowes, and lumber stores.