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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!
OK time to install the temp monitor and fan controller. This consists of knobs that glow blue and a reverse backlit white/blue display
Next I need to epoxy in a shelf right above this LCD that the Blue ray drive straps down to. Directly above the blue ray drive will be the 40 segment led bar I put together the other day. This time for small stuff I'm using hot glue.... Its simply easier. Took me a year I finally broke down lol. The 1/2" holes on either side of the LCD are for stainless steel led holders.
What I want to know is how heavy this thing will be!;)
@techno pro this project went through a few months of planning before I started actually building what you see here. Once I had every part I planned on using in Jarvis I weighed everything. Then once the new body was fabricated I weighed everything and rounded up in all cases. Assuming he has 4 power sonic lead acid batteries 12v 9ah then the robot would weight just shy of 60 pounds. Though I will use two lead acid batteries for a while I will upgrade to 4 lipo batteries once I work out a safe charging system I can trust to charge batteries while still in the robot. Using lipo batteries should make the project around 12 pounds lighter.
Alright both claws are back together now . all they need is the rubber grip. I'm considering casting the originals and molding new ones from liquid rubber or silicon.
I'm super jealous of how well polished this project is.
You may find that you need the extra weight in the base. You will know for certain after you drive it around fully assembled.
@Troy , Thank you! I'm trying! .... Yes I have had that same thoughts. I am considering making a battery tray to sit right on top of the gearbox and have 2 lead acid batteries there. Try to keep a low center of gravity. I have played with the base some and it feels like it rolls very smooth and turns smooth. That makes it a indoor robot for sure. Just remember it took a year of preperations and a planned buying spree to make it look this polished
. The suggestions and help from others has made this a fantastic collaborative project.
THE SUSPENCE! I can't wait for you to finish him!
@Techno pro - thanks! Me too.. I daydreamed a bit today of a to do list. Thank you for your support its greatly appreciated.