Here are a few pictures of the current state of the robot. I have it completely dis-assembled and somewhat cleaned, the rivets I needed replaced with bolts have been drilled out and now it is time for the re-assembly with new electronics to enhance the little bot's capabilities.
The head has been removed, but I have not removed the sensors in it yet as I might want to use the keypad and sensors that are there and add a few more as well.
All of the circuit boards are still intact, just put away and so all the wiring you see now is just what was attached to the components, leading up to the circuit boards.
I have the drive wheel isolated, and since it is a 12Volt DC motor, I have an H-bridge mounted now inside the chassis for that to be controlled from.
This is a small but fairly powerful motor and I will continue to use it to drive the robot until I can devise another drivetrain method that is more efficient.
As the top had a large clearance hole for the main circuit board to sit in, I mounted a clear piece of acrylic in there to mount my new boards to. This one may be replaced with a thicker one to mount a servo on for the head assembly if I want that to rotate.
I have the newly mounted H-bridge here...partially wired up and waiting for connection to the Arduino.
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