Rock em' Sock em' Robots Live Hack (Part 2)
Note: This hack has been changed to Wednesday night due to a meeting time change.
I've always loved the look of the Rock'em Sock'em Robots game but absolutely hated the feel of it. My goal will to robotize the game. I'll be adding in Micro HDD servos for the punching arms and 2 mini gantry systems for the X-Y movement. I'd like the game to feel like a real life super punch out! I hope to add the capability to play with two players (USB joysticks), or against an A.I. opponent. I'd also like to incorporate the power glove in some way. While I'm not a fan of robot violence I do have a special place in my heart for friendly, non-destructive, competition.
I will continue to tweak the hardware and I hope to get into some of the software with EZ-Builder.
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This is going to be awesome. Looking forward to watching it.
I am on my farm now, no internet, only my hotspot
Can I watch this at a later date?
Angelo
Yep! I think it takes a little while to process, give it an hour, then you should be able to watch the whole thing at your leisure
lol, so much bush-hogging - no leisure,
I will watch it when I get back, how did it go?
It went well! I just worked on the Blue bot ("Blue Bomber") to get the proof of concept figured out.
Accomplished in Part 2:
Challenges still left to do:
Wow, I didn't realize there was so much to do with this hack, I think it's going to turn into another series like the power glove lol
haha blue bomber awesome name.and the other red rocket maybe?
@Nomad you are very close on the Red bot's name!
haha thats cool.ah there comes the name from rock em sock em ?