Summary

In this chapter, we have discussed the interfacing of the motors that we are using in our robot. We have looked at motor and encoder interfacing with a controller board called Tiva C Launchpad. We have discussed the controller code for interfacing motors and encoders. In the future, if the robot requires high accuracy and torque, we have looked at Dynamixel servos that can substitute current DC motors. We have also looked at the robotic sensors that can be used in our robot. The sensors we discussed are ultrasonic distance sensors, IR proximity sensors, and IMUs. These three sensors help in the navigation of the robot. We also discussed the basic code to interface these sensors to Tiva C LaunchPad. We will discuss the vision sensors used in this robot further in the next chapter.