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Jarvis Hacked Omnibot 2000 W Pc ,Ezb & 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!
So I ordered these USB WiFi N adapters that included 4 inch SMA antennas. My onboard Foxconn WiFi adapter is for using external antennas , one for 2.4ghz b/g and 5 GHz n . the original ones were rings with magnets on them to stick to a computer case but I lost one so this felt like a good plan B. I pointed one straight up and one down. This should be the same difference as far as reception. It should matter if its pointed up or down.
OK just to show people how I like to mount things to make the mounting easily removable in the event I need to do some maintenance. I like to you'd a 1/4 piece of wood and predrill holes the size of the shaft on the mounting screw. Then hot glue or double sided tape the piece of wood wherever you want. Since wood is not a conductor its an excellent cheap and safe mounting surface.
I plan to place this mounting surface behind the hard drive mounts in the very back. I hot glued the HD mount too far back but that's the beauty of hot glue , just pull it off and reglue in a better place.
STILL CAN'T WAIT TILL YOUR FINISHED!
I think you beat rich's record for longest post. 37pgs. Wow. rich's record is 33pgs.
@technopro, this thread is the second half of the project. The first half was a great deal of customizing the Omnibot 2000 body , gearbox , and torso. The first thread was 200+ pages. I started this one to separate the project into phases.
eek Ok........ well. Jarvis is looking good anyways!
Lol Thanks! I hope to see some body movement soon. I will focus on the neck and head first.
That design is going to be a very heavy robot,i guess JARVIS not going to the fair with you.
WOOD not really great for robots i like light weight plastic or fiber board and use aluminum frame,i can make mine fall and nothing will break.
Jarvis is going to the fair. The majority of the body is composite materials. Abs plastic , resin , fiberglass , polycarbonate and lastly the least used material is wood. Wood is ideal because it screws together well and glues to other materials as a core/ binder. Im still on the budget for the weight goal.