SMARS Mini Modular Robot!

[@kevinmcaleer28]

What do you think of SMARS Mini?

[@noahwood1318]

I've been designing my own robot based on the SMARS so thanks a bunch for the vids.

[@kevinmcaleer28]

Awesome - Can you share some photos of your work in the SMARS Community Facebook group?

[@noahwood1318]

@@kevinmcaleer28 ya sure

[@sianwheatcroftillustration]

I might have missed it, but how is it powered and where does the power go?

[@Shreyam_io]

apart from SMARS Mini... the presentation is top-notch

[@brianmoore5454]

Kevin...having just received and test fitted the electronics bits and pieces for the Mini I have a comment which you might consider....the actual active radar element of the Range Finder module only occupies half of one of the slots in the Face. Could you design a 3D print part that will fill in the other half of one Slot in the Face and completely fill in the other, presently empty, slot. This will even the Face up. If you paint the sockets in the Face unit Greenish then, when you install the FoT unit, it will look like a cat's eyes...That's is my plan at least. Look forward to the back pack and battery details.

[@brianmoore5454]

Kevin...this version of the SMARS is so small, and dinky, could you add some accessory that sensed another Mini SMARS nearby so they could operate as a cloud or, if there were a few of them, take avoidance action from each other (other than by using the ToF sensor)

[@kevinmcaleer28]

Great idea!

[@asismazumdar4097]

How much voltage is required for the motor controller?

[@kevinmcaleer28]

I've had it working fine with 5v - I'm going to include a microlipo holder as well (microlipo is an Adafruit lipo battery charger module, that also has a 5v output.

[@brianmoore5454]

Love it !!!

[@kevinmcaleer28]

Thanks Brian

[@JustinCole45]

what RPM n20 motors are you using?

[@kevinmcaleer28]

I usually go for the 150rpm motors

[@JustinCole45]

@@kevinmcaleer28 sweet! Thanks, my son and I are going to build a couple.