DoodleBorg - Build

DoodleBorg is a 6 wheel rover robot we built to show the power capability of the PiBorg motor controller   Specifications   Brains controlled by a Raspberry Pi Controller: Originally motors powered by 6x PicoBorg reverse controllers Controller: Now powered by 3x PicoBorg Diablo controllers Batteries: 1-2 x 12 V...

This is the script we are using to control DoodleBorg using a PS3 controller. It uses the same idea as the pbrJoystick.py example with the following modifications: It sets up six boards to talk to Each board is set to drive a single motor (SetMotors instead of SetMotor1 and SetMotor2) Checking has been added to ensure the controller is in range and talking, otherwise the motors are turned off The communication failsafes on...