Live Robot Hack Session
1983 Robot Magazines Show Robots Haven't Changed
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Take a trip with us into the past down memory lane - or - aka the time before now! We spend 3 and a half hours browsing 3 robot magazines from 1983 that show the robot industry hasn't changed. Today, the industry is making the same robots with the same challenges. Amazing to see how far we've come and how far we haven't!
Did you know there were 32x32 pixel vision systems for Commodore 64 and BBC Microcomputers?
More info of the 2nd generation BigTrak that we developed in 2012 - unfortunately it never got to market. DJ I have a few of the existing (non XTR) BigTraks (with magnetic clutch that made it go straight) and I would be happy to send you one.
Here is the first sizzle we did
Here is a promotional video
Tony, I think secretly you work for Santa at the North Pole. Probably one of his lead elves.
You guys are such geeks. LOL. Love it.
Haha look who’s talking
you’re the geek of the geeks! Living with a real life sized robot that’s something I dream of! My robots are little.
I sure would love a big trak someday. But of course i’d hack it with ARC haha
DJ, I gotta agree! I am a geek! LOL. Having a full sized Lost in Space was always a dream of mine since I was a kid. Thanks to you and your genius work I have one that talks and acts pretty close to what I dreamed of. Maybe you work for Santa also?
Yes, Dave's B9 is an incredible feat of engineering!! The arms mechanism is pure genius!
DJ if you let me know where you want it sent, I will post you a BigTrak in January. I also have full circuit diagrams that should make any hack a breeze.
Serious?! That would be remarkable!!! Guess I know what my next hack night will be when I return to calgary in jan
here’s our address: DJ Sures #10 6120 11 st se calgary, Alberta T2H 2L7 canada
im so excited
Tony seems to always be willing to help and lend a hand. He sent me several packages of parts "over the big pond".
Tony, you were involved in my prototyping of those arms. Not only did you give me some motors that helped move me in the right direction but you lent me support and advice at times I was ready to give up. Just one instance comes to mind when I couldn't get the Sabertooth/ Kangaroo boards to work for me in my robot. You jumped in and offered scripting advice and a pep talk. Thank you my friend! You're just as much a part of my Lost in Space B9 story as DJ and a ton of other people.
Thanks Dave, but in the end your genius and determination shown through and your incredible B9 fully came to life! I believe that your B9 is the most advanced B9 bot in the World! I certainly have not seen anything better anywhere! Of course we all owe DJ a massive thanks for his incredible work that made these amazing robots possible!