Dragon-bot fights fire with wind

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By Collin Cunningham
Posted 2009/04/15 @ 6:42 am
Category Arduino, Robotics

Gareth used Arduino + MotorShield to create Puff – the Magical Firefighting Dragon!

Puff is able to Put out Fires – He Scans his Head to find the Flames – he orientates towards the Flame – and Blows it out.

If he fails to blow out the Fire within 2 sweeps then the “PANIC” mode switches in and he backs away to save himself from frying his “Chips”.

Puff is an Arduino based tracked autonomus Robotic Vehicle with “Cliff” and “Obstacle” detection.

The bot uses 2 LDRs for flame tracking, plus infrared sensor for avoiding falls/collisions. (He also sports a nifty pair of glasses in the test videos. See more on the project page. [via adafruit industries]

In the Maker Shed:

MotorShield for Arduino Kit

In the Maker Shed

Makey Makey Standard Kit

Telegraph Decoder Kit by Spikenzie Labs

BrushBots

Getting Started with Arduino Kit v3.0

3 Responses to Dragon-bot fights fire with wind

Jeremy on April 15th, 2009 at 1:10 pm said:

Interesting project, and I hate to be one of “those people”, but “orientate” is not a word. The word you’re looking for is “orient”.

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- Gareth Branwyn on April 15th, 2009 at 5:09 pm said:
  
  Hate to burst your bubble there, Jeremy, but “orientate” is absolutely a word and is an acceptable variant of “orient.” From the mid-19th century, and common in British English.
  
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- Ian on April 15th, 2009 at 5:10 pm said:
  
  Yes, Jeremy, thank you. I am a nurse by profession, and people are always saying “orientate” instead of “orient”. I think there are already too many needlessly long words (particularly in health care). Now, what can we do about “functionality”?
  
  On the other hand, I don’t want my word pet peeve to eclipse my appreciation for the article. Cool, thanks for writing about it!
  
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