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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!
Good news - the 250 watt 12v DC psu will arrive today.
Motherboard Update - Asus Technologies Repair center received the motherboard yesterday , I called later that evening about 630 pm to check the status. The RMA rep told me it had not been checked in yet. Sooo I will call them again this afternoon or Tues.
OK Nick from MP3car.com emailed me this , now I just need a tip top shape motherboard. I am betting it was just a bios chip that went-
I hate waiting for things when it's holding you up poopie...
Yea :/ I want to do stuff like general wiring , power distribution and stuff but I need to know for sure wire lengths and such or I will need to cut every wire much longer for oopsies that's a expensive waste because the amount of wire for All these little motors and sensors is high. I'm going to try and get Memphis audio speaker wire donated from a local stereo shop. Stereo shops usually have a surplus of wire because every speaker sold comes with a bundle of it that's usually not used. So well will see if I can get some freebie two lead stereo hookup wire.
OK a couple of improvements. The Blue ray drive has been mounted in the chest and the led and LCD display test fitted. Next step is soldering wire leads to the components and solder up the control board to the LCD bar.
OK epic FAILURE- MP3car.com has once again failed me. They apologized for the last part being damaged and overnighted another one. I open it up and the SAME exact Cap is torn off the PCB. Are you kidding me? I checked the serial number and it was a different board. Yup not happy.
Well that sux Josh! That same corner is taking a beating
...On a good note the cherry red torso is awesome!
@sfoy did you see my wood hand I posted under arms and hands....
@I robot , Thank you for the compliment , the upside is this torso is finally starting to look better , I just don't like receiving thing DOA or otherwise damaged. You would think they would stick these in a small box as a envelope offers zero crush protection.
Upside is I won't have the Asus motherboard back till probably Wed of next week from the RMA so the damaged PSU has not technically set me back.