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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!
are you kidding?, you are the bar haha.
I agree with Bret! You are definately the front runner in this class/size robot. Will you have slideshow of progression pics at the booth. People will definately be impressed! Wouldn't it be cool if you could know how many purchases were made due to your showing and demos.
Here's the list of what's in the pictures
-3- ultrasonic surrounding area prox sensors -2- light Dependant resistors on breakout adapter board -2- IR Motion detectors -1- Custom chest LCD assembly w built in sensors ; voltage , current, batt temp and total wattage usage -4-Short range Sharp IR distance sensors for backup obstical and cliff avoidance if ultrasonics don't "see" a object. -1- Long range Sharp IR sensor and ultrasonic on radar pan/ tilt
@Troy absolutely having a slideshow or something is a great idea. Thanks! I'm not sure what class or type Jarvis is lol unless we are just talking about projects based on a Omnibot torso.
Here are closer pics of some sensors. Some of these are so small its crazy. Things have shrunk down over the past 10 to 15 years.
Don't stereo mic
Sharp 4-10cm distance sensor
Directional db sensor
Ambient light sensor on breakout board
IR directional sensor from spark fun
EZ Cam and IR motion sensor that goes in the top of the head.
or motion sensor and voltage / wattage/ temp/ current displayI couldn't wait to start working on this project. Its been itching at me and this time its not the fiberglass! I installed the low level sonars for side view and direct forward proximity. Also I installed the motion detector and sonar in the top of the head. Here's pics..
Last but not least I'm working on a visual audio indicator , like a vu meter that lights when speaking or playing music. Its 4 blue led bar segments and I have a led vu meter kit more to come on that... But its a perfect fit for the area its going in.
OK its 1152 pm here and I'm delirious so that's all for tonight. I took the day off tommorow so maybe I will make some more progress...
@ Troy yea it would be awesome to know what kind of business my projects bring EZ Robot
I will know I have "made it" to the cool kids club when I get Riches approval
he's probably our toughest one to impress because he has so much general knowledge about the subject. Well goodnight guys!
Oh almost forgot.... Here is the VU meter I'm hacking up to light the blue led bar graph... Lucky me I found one premade to save me a hour of soldering
Ugh tiny update , Jarvis mini PC that was destined to be mounted in his belly is giving me the blue screen of death and something is screwed up in the CMOS. It forgets the time and date.. Bought a new CMOS battery and it still seems to throw th CMOS error even at boot too. Wow the challenges that come my way... ::scratch my head:: I don't have extra funds to just go to replace Mainboard and CPU so I may not initially have a PC inside Jarvis, maybe remote control for a little while.
Have you checked that the jumpers on the mobo are all in the right places? If the clear cmos jumper is missing or incorrectly positioned it could be what's causing those errors. It may even be something as small as a bios update that's needed. Depending on the age of the board it may pay to get in touch with the manufacturer, they could be able to aid you in getting it running or replace it under warranty, it's always worth a shot.
Poopie about your motherboard. I would call the manufacturer too. Josh I am so excited to see this guy getting put together.