Helz
Hullo everyone, my name is Helena. I am a complete noob in every sense of the word. I am one of those perpetual students (I know very little about a lot).
Actually came by the robotics thing by accident (like everything else). I am into cars and motorbikes. Then my imagination was captured by RC cars etc, and then I thought... hmm how cool if you could make them do anything you programmed into it.
However, I have been trying to wrap my head around resistors, capacitors, circuit boards etc... and now know enough to embarrass myself should anyone ask a question. In other words, its still all elementary. But I found its really fun.
Then there is programming. Sure I have some skills as a graphic designer in this field (though could not be called a programmer or even a developer)... you see where I am going. I still want to learn this stuff, but then I found this site.
Now what to do? My kit will arrive eventually, where do I start? I was thinking maybe one of my 'crawler' cars would be a funky platform for a robot. Or one of my tanks. But then I started reading about other peoples projects and thought.. where are the noobs? Where are the clueless? Where do they start? Do I have to buy another robot to make a robot? Would it be impossible for me to make one from scratch? Any other noobs out there?
cheers H.
There are a Gazillion Tutorials on this website. If you watch them all, by the time you are through, you will have many many ideas on how to use the kit. It is truly an EZ-Product.
good Luck!
Thank you
Starting that process now LOL!!
Imagination is your virtue...
You could combine all your toys using several tools to make it into one heck of a toy!
You mentioned that you are a graphics designer.
I am sure you imagination is more wilder then the rest of us.
You can either build something from scratch (Which i find it more fun and original)
or
You can hack a toy by adding servos and lights and even speakers (DJ Sures' Wall-E)
With the EZ-B Board, your chances of getting a cool robots are limitless.
I started off with a basic robot with the kits i received just to test out the mechanism.
I moved along with a tracked Robot with Arms just to see how fun it is (Too bad, i destroyed it due to lack of knowledge)
Then i worked on my Quadruped (I love this robot)
and now i am working on a custom made Biped(from scratch).
Go watch a lot of YouTube videos about robots.
Your inspirations will grown when you see some robots.
DJ Sures has put in a lot of effort on the programming side that even a noob like me can make a
professional movements with my Quadruped with just a single line commands.
Usually this kind of movements will take expert or professional programmers to calculate a lot of
algorithms and maths to get a precise movements. All i did was re-enact the movements from
the slider servo movement panels to get the movements and just scripted it accordingly.
You do not need to know any Programming language
oh by the way,
Welcome to the Family!
Thank you so much. My problem is my imagination is way out of control and in no way match any abilities I may have. But if you can do it, and now are making a bi-ped, all with no prior knowledge. WOW!! Now I am very inspired! ... and thank you!
Welcome to the forum! The possibilities are endless. Remember this...."Skill is merely focus. When focus is achieved, you need only release it" Quote from a movie I saw along time ago.
You will find lots of help here. Looking forward to follow your adventure.
Rex
Thank you
Hello Helz, welcome to the place where your imagination can transform into hours of fun ,frustration and who knows, possibly the ultimate robot. My tip is do not restrict yourself to toys or size - robots can be made out of anything. Have a look at Bob - and good luck.
click the button at the top of this page that says "Robots". It will give you a few examples of what some of us have came up with.
Lots of Luck!!
:-)