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GHCA's Robotics Class - The Bike Bot
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 Welcome! We are team 2 of Greater Houlton Christian Academy in Maine. Our team members are Christopher Morin, Holly Camilleri, and Victoria Lee. Our instructor is Mr. Surran. Our goal is to design and build a robotic tricycle and enter it in the anual Bike-A-Thon, a major fundraiser for our school.
Our robot's frame is a tricycle, basically. It stands about 2 feet tall. It's mainly made out of metal. Its drive motor is a 12V DC windshield wiper motor, which is mounted to the front wheel of the tricycle by metal clamps and flexible clear tubing. This tubing allows for the main motor to be slightly out of line with the drive shaft. It is directly attached to one side of the front wheel.
The lead acid battery is placed where the seat would be, and held up by a square metal frame which was made by attaching four pieces of angle iron with nuts and bolts (we built this framework ourselves!).
The steering motor, which also a 12V DC windshield washer motor, is elevated on two metal rods on the rear step of the trike, and situated so that a strip of heavy metal wire wraped around the pully on the motor, will turn the handle bars.
Our onboard computer will guide the BikeBot on its course aided by a Global Positioning System. This is more complicated than we can express on this page! By the way, we're currently looking for a laptop to control our robot - any donations are welcome!
For more information and personal comments see our blogs. We'll update the blog every week we have robotics, and we'll upload photos, diagrams, and software as they become available.
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