Justin, LoL! Running ARC on a real Terminator! Actually that could make it do more stuff as it would be easier to program! Some type of spray that eats the rubber or plastic gaskets and then corroded inside the robot could work!

I'm going to try an experiment with the Roomba/Dalek mod.. Will let Roomba go at normal speed and default bumper sensors I.R. sensors..then also attach my lightsaber core hilt with no blade so it acts like the real Doctor Who Daleks. Any vibration from hitting objects or walls will trigger the vibration that causes the various Laser Flash effects and sounds. Also causing the Exterminate voice from EZB to activate...making it appear to Zap annoying objects in the way. Hoping the sensors are sensitive enough on the Saber hilt to feel the bumps.

So the lightsaber crash sensor worked about 50/50 but it would need to hit a wall at Full speed to activate Laser clash effects.So it seems just adding a star L.E.D.and combine with Roomba sensors for detecting objects or the sonar sensor for EZB can do this better.

SO with the advances of Chat gpt it has got me interested in robotics again, as Last summer I fell off a porch and broke my knee cap,Limited mobility for me all winter.Any way ,took the Cylon apart put in a big box,lost interest.Still had the new head I bought from Kropserkel with neck servo connected to Ezb.Today I put the rest of upper body,arms back together, tested electronics, so far working again. Things will get interesting once I get back to cottage where I left the bottom of robot...https://youtu.be/JqHFOb69Xn4

hi roborad

good to see you back in action .

I know how good it feels to have the robot fever again. I laid off my B9 for years while I moved across country and set up a new home and life. Poor guy stood there for 4 years only being partially working. Like you I'm also back upgrading and repairing him. Feels good to wake up in the morning thinking about what I can work on again. I agree, there's lots of good upgrades out there. I'm thinking about implementing the Chat GPD into my big guy. However, I'm kind of a purest. Up till now I've only wanted the voice clips from the voice actor that did the TV robot's voice back in the 60's. But..... Their is voice cloning software out there now that can get vey close to the original voice you want. There's a member in our club working on using this now.

Have fun Robo Rad! Enjoy. I'm looking forward to seeing what you work on.

Ya thanks Dave I was just messing around with Bing speech and ChatAiml skill, It actually works pretty good for conversation to my robot, I thought it would be extremely dumb but no it actually remembered my name near the end of conversation which surprised me and sang that daisy song for me from 2001 space Odyssey . Good chat. Cant wait until the really smart one comes out!

Ya so, this is the new Kropserkel helmet I bought last summer on sale as it is the B grade but comes fully assembled with light. I Won't install it until I know for sure the powerful neck servos (up/down, left/right) won't suddenly twist violently 180 degrees and knock it on the floor! I do know how to make these precautions using start up script and servo profiles, trial and error until it is correct.