To control the robot, we have made a PC program (using Borland C++) with witch we can select algorithms, speed, accelleration etc. The communication device is a bidirectional radio link (433 MHz). Furthermore, we have a sonar placed on top of the robot. Thus, we can send data from this to the PC, and generate a "radar-like" image on the PC.

Project features:
- Construction of six-legged (3-joint) robot.
- Construction of bi-directional wireless communication between the robot and a PC.
- Construction and simulation of algorithms (eg. walk, rotate ...).
- Interfacing the servos, the brain (SHARC), lcd-panel, sonar-module & communication unit using programmable logic(Altera).
- Construction of powersupply-card & servo-driving circuit.
- Developing software to controll the CyberBug from a PC.
- Programming source-code for DSP, MCU's, Programmable Logic etc...

Parts used:
- ALTERA PLD
- SHARC DSP
- PIC microcontroller
- FUTABA servos
- etc, etc...

Time, cost:
This was our main thesis at Vestfold College, Norway. So we used about half a year making the CyberBug. I'm not quite sure what the cost was. Probably about $1000 or so.

More info:
To get a better look at what the CyberBug project really was, you can go to the project website and take a look at the pictures and movies.

Email: ole-johan@ellingsen.net