RoboHappy
Hey Roboteers - how are your projects going?
Does anyone have a current project designed for use at home - something you actually use in your daily life? I'm always interested in home robots. Lately there seem to be a lot of commercial/industrial robots being shared, and I’m curious if anyone here has built something they really use at home, ideally running ARC.
Are your home projects using EZB hardware, or are they devices connected directly to the PC (USB cameras, joysticks, serial devices, etc.)? Are you relying mainly on ARC Robot Skills or on custom scripting (JavaScript/Python) for the automation?
I’m still working on a project I hope to share soon - I’m redesigning an older robot I posted here a while back. I see some of the projects people have posted, but I’d love to see more. I’m sure even DJ has more robots roaming around his home doing some real-world cool stuff
Funny enough, i don't have many robots rolling around but i use ARC for a million other things. I have my blinds and outdoor blinds around the gazebo connected to servos so i can use my voice to open and close them. I have my SmartLife devices controlled by ARC via a smartlife skill i created so i can use AI to talk to my house rather than the stupid amazon alexa. I also have my hvac connected to the same ARC instance via an esp32 wifi so it controls the two furnaces separately. I recently got a heat pump installed (2 weeks ago) and i'm looking at figuring out how to connect that next.
What else hmmmmm
Oh i have esp32 on my batteries for the boat and boat lift and one of my seadoos with wifi. they report the battery voltage and temperature so i can keep an eye on their levels.
I think that's about it. Oh wait no, i have my security cameras connected to a different ARC instance that records motion. That computer runs in my heated storage shed and it has 4 wifi cameras connected. I have pushover configured for that for notification.
Actually i use pushover for both ARC instances that send my phone updates.