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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!
@TROY at my comment i was not boasting ,just cant show any photos of my designs until off the ghost list
JOSH is my good friend and just gave him ideas and making a good stable robot
I have seen a lot of designs and lot use light weight aluminum not just to remove to remove board easy but also allow air on both sides of the board,using wood only air gets on the top of the board .
ANOTHER good item used in designs is fiberboard its light and screws hold very well.
@JOSH i like that idea of solar panel ,it look good and i thought of using one for wall-e ALSO wall-e was my very first robot i took apart until i saw your JARVIS design and i started my own type of JARVIS.
Might see if i can add solar panel to my OMNIBOT project.
I picked up materials from home depot today to make the flanges that the bumpers will mount to and also is how the upper and lower sections are connected. With the spare wood I believe I will make a tray for batteries and the h bridge as well.
OK so I repaired the other M4ATX PSU. I soldered a cap that also had the same capacity as others on the board. Based on where the cap is it appears to be parallel to the 5 volt regulators. Here's pics of the repair.
Up close , I used 60/40 solder and 30 watts on a adjustable iron.
OK so I repaired the old broken power supply and using it as a secondary. That way it can be dedicated to power the video card when needed. I modified it for 12 volt output by combining all the 12 volt outputs , grounds and 5 volts. I did it that way just in case I needed a dedicated 5 volt output.
Well at least these two 12v PSU are mounted.Josh, Will Jarvis be ready for the Maker Fair? I can't wait to see him! I just went back through your entire thread and I must say it's been quite a journey. You really have a lot of talent. Looking forward to meeting you in person.
He will be in one piece but not to the level his arms will be functional.
OK so here is the bumper so far. I'm considering trimming it back a half inch but this has to be functional so for now this is how it is. However I may trim a 3 to 5 inch area in front of the radar for a lower view. Any opinions on this? There are two halves .This is the bottom half but they are identical. The edge of the bumper will be covered with 1 inch hose all the way around. Here are pictures of how to make the bumper.
I screwed together the two halves so when I trimmed the parameter of the bumper so the top and bottom are exactly the same.
OK so I taped off the edges of where the torso line up... Flipped it over and put 6 screws in to hold it steady.