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Suitable Mini PC To Support ARC Software

What mini PC would you recommend to use with ARC for a robot? I have been reading about Kangaroo mini PC, LattePanda, Raspberry PI, MeLE PCG35 GLK. I like the Kangaroo PC but everything I read abut it is 5 years old.


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Synthiam
#9  

Wow! At that price it might be better off getting a raspberry pi with as much gb. It runs Windows 11 decently with an ssd. Just don’t bother with a sdcard lol

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Australia
#10   — Edited

The Rock PI-X does seem to be the way to go for my EZ Pepper robot. It needs to be small, lightweight and powerful enough with the necessary connections (e.g. mic in). But I also need a 7" or 8" touchscreen on its chest. Any recommendations for that?

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Belgium
#11  

hi afcorson

did you make a complete copie off the pepper robot ?

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Australia
#12  

I 3D printed parts approximately matching the size and design of the Pepper robot. They were pretty rough though. Functionally, it will be all ARC. I have no idea how a real Pepper works nor could I ever afford to buy one. Actually the fingers are InMoov fingers cut down in size. Still a lot of work to do to get it up and running.

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Belgium
#13  

afcorson

its a fabulous job . and with ARC  and ezbv4 it cant go wrong .

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Synthiam
#14  

That's pretty amazing - I'm very impressed! You're incredibly talented and devoted to building that robot.

I have a few touch screens that I'm using. I get them from Amazon, although you can probably find them cheaper on alibababiabiababa. I get ones that don't have a plastic case, so I can 3d print my own. Which is probably what you will be doing, I imagine.

Here are a few that I've tested - albeit one is a little smaller than maybe you're looking for (ignore the Canada .ca domain, you'll have to see if they're in Australia as well)

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Australia
#15  

Thanks again for your help and kind comments. I'll look into the touchscreens you suggest.

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#16  

very cool. How long did it take you to build!