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Arduino By Example

You're reading from   Arduino By Example Design and build fantastic projects and devices using the Arduino platform

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785289088
Length 242 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Adith Jagdish Boloor Adith Jagdish Boloor
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Developing personality

The personality is what makes the robot more alive. Adding personality to it makes it more fun and likable. This section focuses on some ideas that will help you create your own unique personality for your robot.

Circuit upgrade

The tiny circuit that we made can be split into two; one along each side of the Arduino connected to a common GND and power. Additionally, more header pins can be added to accommodate more servos (the tail and head) in order to organize the wires better.

First, for this, cut out a long circuit board with a row size of about 6 pins.

Following the previous circuit's design, create this circuit:

Circuit upgrade

To link the left and right side, small pieces of wires are soldered; one for the GND and another for the power, like this:

Circuit upgrade

Attach these circuits on either sides of the Arduino MEGA in this fashion:

Circuit upgrade

The finished connections will look like this:

Circuit upgrade

Body upgrade

To be perfectly honest, the robot doesn't resemble a dog at all. Sure, it walks on four feet, but...

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