ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the Rigel four-wheel-drive (4WD) robot kit, which is a four-wheeled robot from Budget Robotics. It looks at its construction and mechanics, electrical control, objects and their operations, and sample code to drive the robot. The chapter explores how to connect the OOPic-R to the Rigel 4WD robot as well as the necessary software components to write a sample program to operate the robot. It discusses the necessary objects for using OOPic-R on the Rigel 4WD robot. The basic frame of the robot consists of a top deck, a bottom deck, two servo brackets, four servomotors, six angle gussets, and four wheels. Rigel is a 4WD differentially steered robot. The robot is 4 1/4 inches high, 6 inches wide, and 6 3/4 inches long. The angle gussets are used to secure the servo brackets to the robot base. The OOPic has been specially designed for robotics.
