robo rad
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Wheeler Chair Robot
I saw that last year somebody had built a wheel chair robot?. My idea for the new Robot will be as a stage mascot that can also pretend to play the drums on stage. My brother has a live Metal band every Saturday night and most of the time we have trouble with no drummer showing up. We end up using a Drum machine instead with the 2 other guys on real guitars and singing. So Terminator will be able to move around and substitute behind the drum kit with the Live drum machine signal activating terminator arms at the drums. Also need him to move around in a wheel chair , so is anyone out there that has done this wheel chair hack, looking for suggestions on power/motor controller connections etc...should not be too hard just larger than I'm used to building. This is a youtuber that bought what I just bought,takes a month to get from China and we are building the rest of the Endoskeleton to integrate in wheel chair....
Related Hardware EZ-B v4
hi roborad/dave
roborad you can always send me an mail if you need a talk .
Ya thanks Nomad , once I get back to the summer cottage I will be in a better mood more relaxed. Hope you are getting well too. Edit--- Anyway, Dave is correct, this should be only a place for Robot talk and he is one of the great guys in here too:). Working today on the actual saber The Robot will be waving around. It can be made very easy with parts from hardware store, details coming up!
No worries guys. I'm not the forum police. Just sharing some feelings of my own. I hope things get better for your families.
About that saber. How fast is it going to spin? Any safety precautions going to be placed onboard? Stuff like tip over sensors to shut down incase it ends up on the ground while spinning or proximity sensors to shut down the spin when someone gets close?
Hey Dave, I will do some sorcery with the camera detection and Sonar, Fancy coding to make sword adjustments in case people get near it or in the future special counter moves for dueling with another saber opponent. Could be fun! As the saber is just a Polycarbonate clear tube as strong as metal, for whacking stuff. With some cellophane film on the tube wall for scattering or diffusing the 12 watt multi color L.E.D. light. Giving the starwars Light Saber effect. 1 effect I really like is the Kylo Ren " unstable" pulse red fire effect and the crackling sound hum. The circuit board has about 9 different saber effects. Also will likely cut the tube from the 36 inches down to about 28. For the shorter robot. Was thinking about adding extra quick motor for a fast helicopter blade swing, LoL! The camera can easily detect the red sword light position and I have many cameras to use if needed.
Well I figured out that the Terminator eyes have little resistance and shine brightly using the same Roomba output power that is also hooked to EZB , sonar and I believe the EZ camera will also work. The eyes can take from 9--15v which the Roomba battery runs 12 to 14.8 while everything running with wheel motors and even vacuum brushes. Good stuff no extra batteries needed!:) Damn spooky in the dark!
Well the Light Saber electronics core board has some kind of delay but the new dual H bridge did come. Interesting problem is that the Roomba USB power supply does not have enough current to run the 3 Amp Motor controller so will need another battery after all to make the fast wrist left and right rotations on both arms. The light saber board has a Tilt sensor that detects the saber movements and when you hit stuff , it flashes the light for a second and gives the clashing sound effect. So important that the wrists spin fast! Used this old 12 volt SLA battery that worked great! Will end up with a smaller battery though.
So the robot is almost ready ,simple testing with a saber. Only the forearm wrists move for now right hand rotations but a strong motor, Quick for saber weilding. Could also be a music conductor as well!
All it needs is the black cloak and hood to be a robot of the Dark side,LoL!Robo rad, I am your father! LOL. I love it. Can't wait till video is posted on this robot.