Hi All
Introducing the AIMEC:EZ1
We are in discussions with DJ to produce a special version of our AIMEC (Artificially Intelligent Mechanical Electronic Companion) robot for the EZ-B, this will be a very advanced robot that will be made available in kit form, which will probably be by the end of this year.
Some history, the first AMI (Applied Machine Intelligence) robot was the AIMEC:3 which is a "hyper-tech" toy and we were very close to licensing this design to a large US toy manufacturer, but the deal fell through. Our most advanced robot is the AIMEC:4 which is still in development, this robot has advanced voice recognition (Dragon 11), face recognition and eye tracking and object recognition the robot has an advanced Ai core and is capable of self learning. When we came across the fantastic EZ-B system that the genius DJ Sures produced we immediately thought that it would be really cool to make a EZ-B version and this is what we are currently developing the AIMEC:EZ1. This robot is the development platform for a ground breaking robotics kit that we plan to sell to the general public, for the first time a highly advanced robot will be available (in various versions) at a price that hobbyists would be able to afford.
I have been building robots for over 30 years and some of my designs are recorded on Cybernetic Zoo
http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=2280
http://cyberneticzoo.com/?p=3984
On our team we have the brilliant model maker (and engineer) Steve Cole (Articole Studios) http://www.articolestudios.co.uk/ who is also a member of this forum @ukrobotman, with Alex Cole on 3D design and (the incredibly talented) Mike Hodgson on software development. I am doing mechanical, electronics and sensor designs and firmware development for support PIC microcontrollers that enhance the EZ-B boards operation over the I2C bus.
We are all looking forward to working closely with DJ and his team in the new future!
Tony
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@toymaker is that a full length DALEK i know somebody who made one from scratch and built a full size and detail R2-D2
Second do hope the price is low $1000 it way to high,plus i love building ones from scratch then have one already made .
NO FUN in having one as a kit or already made,but still for me might get it for SHOW ROBOT
I like the kit because it can get you right into the programing and play. It's to easy to get bogged down with the mechanical build part and get frustrated and loose interest in it with a scratch build. Plus it'll make a great base for more elaborate stuff later on. Think of it not just a robot to play with but one you can actually use as a companion for say and elder person or whatever you want.
Tony, I am a like "Rural Geek", I want a kit. I have built robots from scratch, with rewarding results, but I want to take advantage of new technology and ideas of people smarter than me.
I have realized "EZ Robot", with outstanding results, far above my own. The AIMEC EZ:2 robot would be a great extension of that. I want to build an AIMEC EZ:2 Robot.
Thank You Steve S
I MADE a few robot kits but doesn't show how creative you are with a design from scratch A kit you mostly have to read the manual and put it together,ITS KINDA fun but no creativity
So you won't be getting one then Fred?
I'm with the others, a kit would be great. I'm also with @Rural Geek when I offer my beta testing services
I'm joining this bandwagon also. Count on me for debugging even alpha units.
i said i like kits RICH also build a few and just like on the toymaker design that looks very cool kit,i might get it if the price is right
And even my last one was a part kit MY BIPED design witch is 90% done and getting posted soon with many photos. BUT even that kit doesnt show my CREATIVITY witch is very important to me.
any person at any age can put a kit together with the manual its FUN ,but no CREATIVITY now ON THE SOFTWARE side it may be different depending on hard it is.
BUT so with a design built from scratch with EZB is also fun and creativity in coding
ON the software side of the toymaker design it might me a lot better,cant wait for him to start selling them.
SO far i hear good things about it ,only the price is the problem ,i think $600 to $700 is a fair price for it
@RICH i mention twice if not more i would get him is the price is right
@RICH take a look at the QBO design without motherboard just add EZB AND COSTS ABOUT $600
ALSO RICH does the mean you are going to buy it too.