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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!
I just noticed you are inspiring many, many people with this project. Including Rich!;)
Its great! I love it, I like seeing others get inspired and do their own projects too. Some days I like to just help others with their projects.
I got a new secret weapon in today from those little rascals in China. Its a game controller, media remote,mouse touchpad, keyboard and more. I believe it was 30 bucks.
Wireless adapter I bought just for the antenna for the onboard WiFi adapter. I bought two more for the dell towers for a wireless connection.
Yep, inspired me to kick start my Jarvis robot body
I'm the same though, most days I just like to help others, it's been a while since I really got stuck in to a build (I think the last big thing was Melvin's LCD screen which was late March/early April).
I'm interested in seeing how good those keyboard/controller/mouse thingies are, I keep looking at them for my HTPC and for controlling my robots, the price puts me off - can something that cheap be good?..
I'm doing a short basic function video , so far I like it, good range like Bluetooth, the only thing I don't like is sliding my finger all the way from one side to the other equals about 2/3 of the screen so I must pick up my finger and slide a little more sometimes. I believe this can be adjusted with mouse sensitivity but otherwise as long as this thing isn't broken by tommorow its worth every penny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGSl4bbZ9eA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Here's a short video...
Jarvis gets his monitor mounted in his belly...
I have a HDMI to TV video adapter for this screen so it can display the workings of ARC as it functions or I can press a button and it switches to second desktop/ video output and I could have something else displayed.
OK so the motherboard is now back in its originally intended place made for it.... A year ago. I did register the motherboard so I should have another 2 years of warranty and support left for Jarvis. The fans were antec as pictured and pull warm air away from the motherboard.
All in one day?!? Jeass man. I barely got wall-e's left track attached today!