New In The Robotics World.

Question

Hello Everyone,

First, I present me. I am 27 old and I am new in the world of robotics. I like robots since a lot of time but I do not know what can I do. Years ago, I bougth a used Roboquad because, for me, it was the most developped toy. But, after a long time on the web, I found nothing to modify it very cool. Only LEDs colors stress .

Today, I found this website and my dreams be back with the EZ Robot Controller.

When I was young, I watched "F/X: The Series" with the small robot (The french name is "Bleuet" )

My question is : " Is it possible to do something with the Roboquad and EZ Robot Controller ?"

Thank you for your answer.

P.S. : Sorry if my english is not very good.

ghicat

DJ Sures · Answer

F/X Series was one of my favorite shows when i was younger too! It's a good thing you reminded me of it because i'm going to start watching it. I don't remember the robot for some reason, i'll have to refresh my memory You can sure make a roboquad with the controller and software. You can technically make anything, as long as you dedicate the time to it Your english is great! Your spelling is better than mine haha

bret.tallent · Answer

Welcome! As far as I can tell, theer isn't much the EZ-B can't do. And your english is better than most Americans...

ww321q · Answer

There is some free ware that will run your robosapiens from a PC. It can do voice command and scripting . I use it on my robosapiens V1 and V2.Cool soft ware but limited by the way wow wee set them up. It also does other wow wee products and isobot.. When I get home from work I'll send a link to ya if you want. DJs is really cool because you are only limited by your ability and imagination ! JW

ghicat · Answer

Thanks all. @ww321q Mine is not a RoboSapiens but a RoboQuad. No PC connection with Roboquad. I read that is it possible to make code in VB.NET. I know this language but is it really possible to do all with the EZ-B. Something like AI for exemple. My objective is to make an autonomous robot for a lot of things. For exemple : "Go in the bathroom !" and the robot execute . Edit : Is it always necessary to have a PC to play with the robot or is it only for programming ? ghicat

jstarne1 · Answer

@ghicat. The board is a control interface your pc does all the processing. If you want your bot to be completely autonomous without a pc tethered you must install a mini pc. Mini itx motherboards include dual core processors to run Windows between 8 and 30 watts depending on your model choice and hard drive or SD card for memory. I'm using big batteries in a large bot so I'm fine with a regular hard drive.. there are netbooks out there from Acer one that you can get for 80 to 100 bucks on eBay

ww321q · Answer

@ghicat It supports Roboquad V1 . It uses a IR transmitter . It would be capable of doing anything that you could do with the remote . There is no PC connection , just IR from the PC . J.W.

jstarne1 · Answer

@dj and @ghicat the robot in that fx series was named blue , he was a robot dog , made dog noises. He had 6 legs a head that turned left right up down , a pinhole camera as a face and ultrasonic sensors as eyes. It was a all aluminum chassis. He ran on 10 servos and 5.5ah 7.2v battery nicad battery Velcro to its "belly". He had a tiny Mic too

ww321q · Answer

I was looking for a pic of that robot but couldn't find one

ghicat · Answer

@ww321q This is the only one picture I found with google.

That the smallest one I found?

@jstarne1 Ok. But I think my Roboquad will be too small to integrate a PC stress . And with a PDA, something is possible ?

@jstarne1 You made it for the serie to know all about this dog .

ww321q · Answer

@ghicat Check out this video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK_qg6a29qM&feature=youtube_gdata_player Its the software I was talking about. J.W.

ghicat · Answer

@ww321q Thx for this video. I know this mod for the RoboQuad but it is "only" a "Do what I want."

I search something to transform my RoboQuad in a AI eyeroll. I read a lot of pages from DJ to understand what is the limits of robotics.

Somewhere, he explain that the "AI" is only a lot of code lines. And for he's Wall-E, he's develop this code since a long, long time. I think that what I want to do .

Only a simple question : "Is it possible to start the reflexion on code before having the EZ-B ?

ww321q · Answer

I know . I though you would enjoy seeing all your Roboquad could do .

sfoy · Answer

Hmmmm..... I just recently acquired a Robosapien. I just signed up to check out this software. Can't wait to see. I think I want to try to hack his body off.... I am scared.

ghicat

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