Much of the first year of the TeRK project was dedicated to the design of a new robot processor board that would enable the types of interactions we deemed critical for TeRK robots. This processor board was designed in close collabortation with Charmed Labs and is called the Qwerk.
The Qwerk is made to control myriad robots; it can control up to four motors and sixteen servos, while interfacing to sensors with eight analog ports, sixteen digital I/O, and an i2c bus. It also has two USB sockets so that robots may include a USB webcam and a wireless 802.11 network adapter. All of the TeRK robot recipes use the Qwerk board as their processor.
Detailed instructions for setting up and using the Qwerk can be found under the Help section of the site.
DOCUMENTS
| Document Name | Size | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| qwerk1.1.pdf | 126kb | Spec sheet for version 1.1 of the Qwerk controller |
| qwerk1.2.pdf | 142kb | Spec sheet for version 1.2 of the Qwerk controller |