Here is another inspirational PIC project which is a parallel parking robot. In this PIC project ultra sonic sensors, servo motors and a stepper motor is being used in addition to the PIC microcontroller. As an answer to the questions coming from most of our visitors, ultrasonic sensors (SRF05) are used to measure the distance of the robot to the obstacles. The SRF spec is apprximately between 2cm to 4m.
In this video you will see the first project of an amateur PIC programmer. As you can see it is possible to make simple but interesting things even in your first project. The PIC used in this project is PIC16F84.