jamesabrannan
Resolved by Dunning-Kruger!
I apologize if this is covered elsewhere. I haven't done a full search of the forum yet. I was led to this site via the Robotics Squared robotic head website. In particular, for a college project we are trying to build a robotic vision tracking head, as pictured in the video on this site. Is the ARC kit the only thing I need to purchase from EZ-Robot? We also plan on adding the robotic neck. Will I need additional parts to handle it (other then their neck and the ARC kit)? Finally, if I wish to use a raspberry Pi as the controller, I'm assuming there is nothing else I need to buy (I have the raspberry pi already).
The goal is a "greeter head" that tracks folks as they enter a room, and can say "hello" (I realize the lips don't move on the head). A very basic animatronic robot head.
I guess what I'm really asking, as the head isn't a ez-robot product, can anyone point out a tutorial or give me more info on starting this project. Although I'm a very experienced programmer, when it comes to soldering, I'm all thumbs.
Thanks, James A. Brannan
Hmm...well suddenly the builder's kit no longer appears for sale. This is disconcerting, as I was planning on using it and not one of the preconfigured robots. Oops....simply removed from main Shop page, still on the DIY page.
@Jamesabrannan we're moving the store around while preparing to add new items this week. You must have caught us during the change over. The Developers Kit is on the main page now
Hi James,
Just the two servos, a few bits of hardware and the EZ controller will give you all you want. I am not a programmer, but was able to get the head tracking running in a short period of time. Lighting is very important, so be sure to consider it in your location. I bought the Developer kit and got all I needed, plus.
Ron
Thanks all. Not sure who helped me...but gave Richard R credit since he was first to respond. Got the Robot Squared head and working on it now.
James, I am not trying to change your mind, but your idea needs to have information available to it. The internet or IoT is full of things that would help bring this vision to a reality. FourSquare has an API that would be great for this. You would just need to have access to the internet and do a little bit of coding using the SDK.