January 2000

Lots of work done on Litebot - See projects page. Yet another site redesign more info soon.

October 1999

Fixed small bugs in asm. Ready to build main body now. Looking for small plastic dome to use as a cover.

August 1999

Have now finished building the prototype board for Litebot. Need to iron out a few small bugs in test program. More pictures will follow soon.

June 1999

Site updated at last! Started a new project called Litebot - I will put more info and pictures on soon. I have also added more information on pics, see the pic archive.

9 - 10 May 1998

Added updated pictures to site, with new motor design and castor. Need to add a small bumper to the underside of the platform to stop small objects that have not been detected by the I.R. sensors from hitting the motors.

18 - 19 April 1998

New idea concerning the drive motors. Because of problems getting a small castor the motors have been refitted on the underside of the platform (new pictures will follow soon). This raises the platform up to 50mm allowing for a standard castor to be fitted at the rear. Work has started on the schematic using DesignWorks Lite and the basic source code is now on-line.

10 - 14 April 1998

Lots of work done this very wet Easter weekend. New web page format created with the help of my wife Andrea.

Pointlessbot has taken his first steps, a basic anti-collision software routine was written (I will create a link to this soon). This consists of moving forward until an object is detected then backing up a small amount, turn 90 degs, and continue forward