Introduction

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyF7Ex0_O2U

https://github.com/HeavyFalcon678/FPV-Omnibot

This a hack of the Crunch Labs Hack Pack Box #011 - Omnibot Forklift that unlocks its full potential and allows you do do fun things like:

Add a 3D printed robotic gripper to pick things up
Control the omnibot from a web dashboard on any device using the same network
toggle a slow mode to enable precise maneuvering
combine a camera with the web UI to add remote web streaming

To allow as many people as possible to upgrade their omnibots, I there are multiple different configurations you can use:

Precision (no extra hardware)
Gripper (stock remote + gripper)
Dashboard (stock omnibot + RPi)
GripUI (gripper + RPi)
FPV (RPi & camera, no gripper)
LEGENDARY (gripper, RPi, & camera)

Prerequisites

1x Hack Pack Omnibot Forklift (You can get $10 off the Hack Pack subscription by using code FRIEND-8Z96W87 at checkout)
Arduino or Hack Pack IDE set up
3D printed parts can be found at https://github.com/HeavyFalcon678/FPV-Omnibot/tree/main/3d_files

Gripper

WebUI

Camera

Usage

If you are using the stock RF remote, the additional controls are as follows:

UP + L -> Open Gripper
UP + R -> Close Gripper
DN + L -> Toggle Slow Mode

If you are running the webUI on a RPi, go to the URL you wrote down at the end of step 3 and it should work automatically, with all the buttons being self explanatory. On desktop there are some keyboard shortcuts:

W -> Up
S -> Down
A -> Left
D -> Right
Q -> Rotate CCW
E -> Rotate CW
W+A -> Diagonal Left Up
W+D -> Diagonal Right Up
S+A -> Diagonal Left Down
S+D -> Diagonal Right Down
SPACE -> Toggle Fast/Slow
I -> Raise Fork
K -> Lower Fork
J -> Open Gripper
L -> Close Gripper

Notes

This hack won first prize in the CrunchLabs Hack Pack Contest #001
This project is part of the The devEco Open Hardware Initiative (devOSH), an initiative for open source hardware collaboration. Learn more about it here.
If you have any issues or questions, feel free to contact me on GitHub or Discord and we can discuss them.

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