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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!
How about just StarneRobotics.com?
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I know www.JARV15.com is taken
Domain Name Checker (site in between branding change so ignore the URL that it redirects to if it's still between homes)
www.EZ-Jarvis.com is still available
Josh, this is a GREAT robot. I would like to hear of your adventures operating jarvis. But, I guess you have to program him first. But, that should not be too hard with the EZB. Keep us updated.
Jarvis much like Riches Jarvis is going to be a home automation project and the robot just houses the pc and offered a physical presence. Right now I'm doing Robot beer butler bot which eventually will be integrated into the Jarvis home system. Because the booze robot is fairly simple and has a practical use as a beer /wine chiller that's the primary focus at the moment. The next things for the Jarvis project are the neck and arms mounted up which will mean the first movements for Jarvis
Since the v4 coming out is WiFi it has made connecting all the individual components much easier. I believe I will grab a simpler mini ITX board for onboard computing but when home it makes sense to wirelessly tether. So for now while I am getting Jarvis up and moving I am going to do so as a skeleton and have Jarvis PC inside a normal case for the moment. I scored a cool one on amazon.com for 50 bucks.
The only problem I had is that the prewired usb and sound connectors were about 2 inches too short to go around my video card and plug in. So I will either reroute them or extend them manually later tonight. Having the pc in a regular case means I don't have to worry about damaging anything when wiring Jarvis and I dont have to worry about power issues at the moment either. I have been wanting to learn the 3d tools to start modeling but my laptop simply doesn't have a suitable video card to smoothly handle those tasks. The hardware in Jarvis does.
It's good to see Jarvis in the headlines again.
Josh do you have a video of the head pan/tilt with side to side tilt also? I was hoping to see how this looks. Will you be using a neck boot? If so, how does the tilting affect it? What servos are you using for the pan/tilt setup?
Also, what servo and gearbox model are you using for the shoulders? I have been going back over your thread but can't seem to find a part number.
Sorry for so many questions but I am working on a new project.
@Rgordon , no problem man , the shoulders are a 5 to 1 ratio gearbox with surface mount option. There were 50 each and considering what you get are well worth every penny. It does require you to permanently modify your servos. I used the 1501mg 284 oz inch torque which is around 1420 oz of torque minus mechanical efficiency. I'm thinking of doing a second gearbox for the elbow to ensure I keep the function quiet and reliable. I am not a big fan of my 5995tg buzzing but we shall see. I don't have a video of the neck , I believe I'm flipping it over from the way I had it mounted before.
Josh can you provide links to your shoulder servo and gearbox. I think I found the servo 1501mg on the Pololu site but it is servo only...no gearbox. Did you get the gearbox from ServoCity?
Modify the servos how?
So the 1501mg servos don't buzz? Have you tested them for strength?