Wiswas¶

Wiswas is a window cleaning robot that can scale any vertical surface. It is a personal ongoing project, that has a link with the fabricademy programme.

In this project it is because early tests have brought to light that a softrobotics re-design is likely to realise the the robot.

Research¶

"Research in the design of biomimetic nanomaterials brought me on the track of creating a window cleaning robot. Biomimicry is the emulation and nano is at a very small scale."

"Various universities and chemical companies work on the development of biomimetic materials. Examples include the self cleaning properties found on lotus leaves. And the adhesive properties of geckofreet.

Wiswas utilises the gecko feet structures. The adhesion of geckos relies on the "van der waals" interaction, one of the weak electromagnetic forces between molecules and atoms.

Materials¶

Qty	Description	Price	Link	Notes
1	Tank Robot	€48.00	https://wiki.keyestudio.com/Ks0071_keyestudio_Mini_Tank_Robot	Keyestudio self assemble kit, including arduino mega
1	Tilt sensor	€3,95	https://hackerstore.nl
1	Compass	€5.95 $	https://hackerstore.nl
1kg	3d printer filament	€34.00	http://www.formfutura.nl	Recycled pla
1m	geckotape	€16,95	http://https://gripptek.nl	formerly known as geckotape.nl
1	Material twelve	22.00 $	http://amazon.com/test
1	Material eleven	22.00 $	http://amazon.com/test

Useful links¶

Code Example¶

Use the three backticks to separate code.

// the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
void setup() {
  // initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
}

// the loop function runs over and over again forever
void loop() {
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);   // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);    // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
}

Wiswas¶

Research¶

Materials¶

Useful links¶

Code Example¶

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