Minus full assembly documentation
Content
1 : Hardware requested
2 : Assembly steps
1 : Hardware requested
Full kit product link coming soon :
content of the full kit :
Raspberry pi and accessories
Raspberry pi 3A+ * 1 ( but you can use a Raspberry pi 3B+ or raspberry pi 4 )
raspberry pi camera * 1
SD card 32 Go * 1
Battery and power unit :
UPS hat * 1
Servomotors :
Servo 270° * 1 ( for the head )
servo 180° * 5 ( 1 for the head, 2 for the grippers, 2 for the lateral arms )
DC motors and motor driver
Pololu motors * 4
JST 2.54 mm motor cable * 4
feetech motor driver * 1
Mechanical parts :
Gripper kit * 1
Lateral arms pack * 1
Chassis * 1
Charger :
Magnetic cable * 1
Magnetic plug USB C * 1
Custom station * 1
About the custom station, here is Narayan custom station example and if you need the 3D printing service is available, but a simple box putting the cable at the requested height would work well.
2 : Assembly steps
- Connect your raspberry pi on Vigibot
Follow this link : How to add my robot on Vigibot.com
During this step, you will create your vigibot account if not already done, create your robot identification, write the sd card connect your raspberry pi on the server and plug your camera to display the camera stream on vigibot.
This way you will check that your raspberry pi and your camera are working properly and that your SD card is well installed.
- Mounting the UPS on the raspberry pi
Follow this link : UPS english documentation
During this step you will understand how the ups works, how to mount it on the raspberry pi and how to connect servomotors on it when you will need to test things in the following steps.
- Pan and tilt assemby
Follow this link : Pan and tilt assembly
During this step, you will connect servomoteurs on the UPS board to test it.
- Gripper assembly
Follow this link : Gripper assembly
During this step, you will connect servomoteurs on the UPS board to test it.
- Wheel base assembly
Follow this link : Documentation d'assemblage de la base roulante
During this step, you will set up motors, and fix the gripper on the wheel base.
You will connect all servomotors and make the cable management.
You will also verify that the robot move as expected.
- Fixe the pan tilt head on the wheel base and the lateral arms
Simple step.
You will use two screws and two nuts as spacer to mount the head on the top of the wheel base.
And you will mount the side arms.
- Your Minus robot is now fully assembled, you are free to customise it as you wish.
You can add leds and buzzer, more servomotors, a USB mic, a speaker, and more. You can completely transform your robot according your needs. For more advanced things you can even connect an arduino or any other µc on your Minus and communicate using simple serial communication protocol.