Tutorial for Arduino Beginners PART V

Introduction

Hi, it's me again, Will_the_Star. Starting this lesson, something special is happening. You might have noticed something different about this tutorial already. If you scroll up, you can see that I have changed the difficult setting from 'Easy' to 'Intermediate'. This is because, in this tutorial, the work requires me to pump up the hardness. Let me rewind.

This Project and the Next Few

If you're wondering what all this is about, let me tell you. Maybe, you were thinking after all the other projects

'This is all very good, but it's not useful. All these LEDs don't actually accomplish anything, so what's the point in doing it?'

This question has a surprisingly simple answer. The only reason that I did those project, was for you to learn. If you hadn't learned all those skills and knowledge, you would never be able to do these. So now, again I encourage you, unless you either have read and done them already, or already know everything I covered from somewhere else, I STRONGLYADVISEYOUTOGOBACKTOTHESTART. Great. Now, let me explain. After you complete this course, you will walk away with a fully built, custom made ROBOT! The assembly of your robot will start today, here in this tutorial! It will be a project that stretches across a number of tutorials. Now, here's the great thing about the robot you're about to make. You will be able to basically make it your own way. You can choose most things. I will help you for the tricky bits, but most is actually very easy. So then, let's go!

Starting the Chassis

Chassis is a strange word. It has three different origins.

It's pronounced 'Kah-See'. It means the framework of something, the skeleton almost. The reason we need one is pretty clear, I think.

Right, let's start.

Choosing your Chassis

To start with, let's choose the chassis for your robot.

You can buy plenty online, or if you know what you want, make it yourself. If you do it yourself, 3D Printing or Laser Cutting is a good idea. Have a look at mine.

Pretty straightforward, two parts to it, and loads of good places to attach stuff. If you want the same one, you can get it here, with the rest of the stuff I'll be using in this tutorial myself.

Endtro

I know this project has been short. The next part to it will come out soon, and I hope to see you guys there too. Goodbye!