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Jarvis Hacked Omnibot 2000 W Pc ,Ezb &Amp; Vacuum Inside By Josh Starnes
Jarvis is a project inspired in part by Jarvis the AI that belongs to Tony Stark in the movie and comic book series IRON MAN. This is my first real robot with no previous experience. I dreamed of making a couple of robots one was a vacuum robot with 4 motors. Brush, impeller, and one motor.driving each wheel. This was back in 98 before roomba was thought of. Lol my drawings as a kid even resembled one. Now that I am older and have tools like EZ Robot I can start making these dreams come true. It has been a learning experience and I hope to learn more. Jarvis is basically my personal computer but also will have a few key features. Goals are that he can help maintain a home by vacuuming and sweeping the floors. My fish need to be taken care of while I am away so scheduled feedings and turning tank lights on in the morning and off at night are in the works. Jarvis can answer calls , act as a telepresence device because he has a camera and screen. He would be great for security by detecting motion, taking pictures or video and sounding.alarm if intruders are detected. Just for fun I would like Jarvis to bring cold beers to the table when asked to which I am sure would be a great conversation piece. Jarvis will be autonomous in some.situations and because of the wireless video link by wifi and wireless keyboard and mouse, I can be checking facebook on either the upstairs or downstairs Tv while Jarvis is roaming the house or cleaning. Thanks to 4g USB antenna Jarvis is not limited to my home and can.take control quest (or kill.switch.lol) from a smart phone or laptop. This makes the Jarvis project.show friendly as I can take.him to show off without lugging around a laptop or other equipment. Also i do plan to somhow work in being able to control his base movements , head ect from a ps3 bluetooth.controller. I'm still thinking of other tasks Jarvis could do but I gotta get this guy together so there is no time to waste!
February 1012 when I first received the Tomy Omnibot 2000 . My starting main parts were/are asus mini itx motherboard, 8 GB ram , Win 7, 250gb Western Digital Hard Drive, Nvidia 560ti graphics card, 2 ghz AMD 25watt tdp dual core CPU, Thermaltake 430 watt psu, 460 watt apc backup, Ez Board Kit w EZ WIRELESS CAM , Shark vx63 cordless vacuum, 4 Power Sonic batteries 12v 9ah , power HD 240 oz servos, hitec 645mg 130oz in servos, hitec 5995tg 400 oz in servos , Robotzone.gearbox 5 to 1 ratio for shoulders and other electronics.
At this time im getting the body ready to start putting things together. The fun begins!
Oh I was thinking you were using the ping on the board. I damaged a ping sensor by bending the board is why I asked.
I think tilting them would allow you to get in closer with a smaller object. But then straight you'll also get a broader range. I don't know which is better. Maybe you could do one of each and experiment with that.
For the claw it just needs to accurately detect that 1 to 3 inch area and more than that is not needed.
I still think you'd be fine either way.
Less than a inch would be nice.... Like 1/2" but I guess I may end up experimenting and using lots of hot glue lol
You could maybe tape it in to start.
Have you thought about IR Object Detection?
Yea but after looking up how the IR sensors work they rely heavily on the angle the light is received to determine a read out. Also the case apparently plays a role and removing the LEDs and sensor from the case further changed how it would read distance. Also it wouldn't work in a bright area or outdoors. So that's why i was going for ultrasonic.
Poopie. I have some but haven't really used them yet so was unfamiliar.
Hey Josh, what about the sharp sensor? It is a lot smaller
This is a very common sensor used in robotics and is also called the Sharp Analog Infra-Red Range Finding System. It uses Infrared to determine the distance of an object in front of it. The Sharp IR Distance Sensors come in many different flavors. I use the GP2D12. I prefer to use the Analog version because they are quicker and integrate well with the EZ-B. The GP2D12 can be plugged into any of the 8 ADC ports.
Higher number means closer objects. Lower number means further objects.
The GP2D12 can detect an object within approx 100 cm (3 feet). IR Distance Sensors are not very accurate and are subject to interference. They do not work well in the sunlight also