I just had a thought, this could be a community project if you guys would like to be involved in the design! Just be forewarned, I may not always use your ideas but I will certainly consider them. That being said, every idea will contribute to pushing the project forward.

If someone wanted to tackle researching the OLEDs that we should use, please do! (Around 2" tall)

If someone wants to tackle finding the silicone type + coloring we should use for Astro's skin, have at er'!

If someone wants to research which TTS voice we should use (and the settings), it would be greatly appreciated!

If someone want to find a low profile male USB connector that can fit in a tight space and interface to a USB 3.0 HUB that would be awesome, I guess I could always make my own with a vertical A male and vertical A female on a perf board.

*Edit: This is referring to the Astro Boy Project

Yay, I found the complete schematic for the Atomic Pi here!

It has all kinds of good stuff, turns out there's an upward facing connector called "Webcam" CN16 that is actually a USB port, so I can interface my hub to there!

I'm also looking to see if I can use the Audio amplifier with only 5V. Maybe if I bypass Q3.....

*Edit: This is referring to the Astro Boy Project

Hi Jer  What Music will you be listening to on the Live Hack night?   My talking head Buddy has a silicone  skin   To long to get into the procedure here but the  silicone skin mimics human skin and you select what color to make  I get the supplies from Sculpture Canada .ca you can see the clay sculpture over the print and electronics in the previous question entry life's challanges and the future.

We'll probably listen to Spotify copyright free music list or Youtube's.

Cool ideas with the clay. I'll check out Sculpture Canada, thanks!

Sorry to everyone that was expecting Astro tonight, I'm going live with a new and exciting build of a 6 FOOT TALL JD!!!!!

what kind off baterie wil you use?50.000 Mah

LOL! Sorry Nomad, that would be a crazy huge battery! We are using wall power, 5V 20A supply. 5V will actually be dialed up to 5.5V as the servos operate better at that voltage. There's a trim pot adjustment on the Meanwell supplies that adjusts the voltage above 5V.

I wish I could get a 50000 Mah battery, I use 3 Utility vehicle12 volt12 Amp/hr batteries for outside torque power to my 12 volt wheel motors and then a 5000 Mah Lipo for EzB and motor controllers,sensors and even those 5000 Lipo's cost too much money,I wanted to get a 10,000Mah but not in my budget.I like having enough power to run robot all day outside.