Live Robot Hack Session
DJ Sures
Synthiam

DJ's First Live Robot Hack

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In this archived video, he gives a tour of the facility and discovers Build-a-bear costumes fit the EZ-Robot JD Humanoid perfectly! The hack he performs is on a Playskool Digger toy that he stumbled across at the Thrift store earlier that day. There's a nostalgia with the toy because it was also the toy he hacked for Make Magazine Volume 27, where the robot was lost in shipping for the photoshoot - never to be seen again. That was the only robot that DJ had built which was lost, so tonight he was able to rebuild the same robot by pure chance that a similar toy was spotted at the thrift store.


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#1  

Sounds interesting,  I don't have an idea to put forward but I'll be there.  What time zone?

#2  

Maybe a list of what DJ has available, and we can choose what we would like to see.  How long do these sessioms last and what can be completed in that time frame.  is it actual building robots or using features available like gates or VR etc

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Synthiam
#3  

I added some items for the topics you can decide on. I’m gonna do these once a week or so, since I’m building robots anyway, might as well share it! Plus, YouTube will record the event so it can be referenced again in the future.

#4  

Impressive and great idea on doing live youtube events,this will prove to be fascinating!

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Synthiam
#5  

You can schedule events as well:D It's open for everyone. If you're gonna be home one night building a robot, might as well set up a camera and share the night with us

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Synthiam
#6  

As the day approaches - any ideas of what you'd like to see for the live hack? There is a chat ability so we can chat at the same time. I'm not promoting this outside of the community because it's a first trial to see how it goes.

Expect lots of bugs:D:D

#7  

Seeing as you'd have a really good idea of what the Ez-b can do, find something that no one may have thought of to hack. Perhaps give us a list of some sort?

Some ideas:

  1. A computer that can follow you around, whether it be a cart with a computer on it or a laptop with wheels for desk navigation.
  2. A "Mother robot" that can monitor and help smaller robots which are having issues(inmoov might be a good contender)
  3. Upgrade one of the Ez-b V2 or V3 robots that you haven't upgraded yet(wall-e, omnibot, etc), add new upgraded features and flex the EZ-b 4's new features
  4. I really want to see some sort of unconventional robot, like a jumping robot, or ball robot that clumsily navigates. I think they'd be both interesting and funny.
  5. Transformer: A robot that seems like something normal, but on command turns into a full-fledged robot. (I'm thinking "JD" as a flower pot, or something along those lines)
  6. Simple tour robot for giving self-guided tours of the EZ-robot office, which is able to recognize features and people
  7. A weird idea, but an automated parrot or shoulder-positioned robot which acts as a guide or companion robot

Maybe these will spark some creativity?

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Synthiam
#8  

While those would be neat, I'm not very mechanical for stuff like that. Instead, I can demonstrate software things. Like, how to do something in software. If i do a hack, none of those are something that can be done in 2 hours:D. I was thinking if to build a robot, it would be like a Wall-e or a new robot that i can find at the salvation army or something.

I think that's what i will do... find a robot at the donation center and hack it haha