My current EZ-Robot project is called "AnnaDroid".
(on my web site: http://www.robots-and-androids.com/annidroid.html)
Anna will be a life-size humanoid / android (not the phone OS silly!) kind of 'bot.
She is being made from a face casting of my friend Annika Skywalker, and a modified Wowwee Alive Elvis Presley robot, and a plastic mannequin body.
I am using the ARC for her software.
Working: eyes blink "alive" random movements touch sensors jaw in sync with text-to-speech (used the analog in to read the voltage of the sound coming from the computer's headphone jack and then triggered a servo.) A large number of speech recognition Qs & As. face tracking and following with head and eyes. head nod head turn ALICE chatbot software. It's SOOO cool having Annidroid being able to answer ANY question!
Partially Working: Kinect person count Kinect x,y,z location of a person's head. Kinect voice location
Not yet Working: arms/hands/locomotion
Planned: hand grasping shoulder and elbow control embedding a camera in the Elvis' eye (right now the camera is on a hat!)
There are a few pictures here, but fully documentation and photos (lots and lots of them) are on my web site.
MORE TO COME!
Other robots from Synthiam community
Ccraig411's Roli
Stiko's Henry The Enchanted Tree
go to supercircuits.com ,they are analog output types ,but just need a video adapter .75 by .75 camera fits great in a 1" eye
cheap servos can turn any motor in to homebrew servo,with just using the pcb and if need more power add a second h-bridge or higher current h-bridge FUTUBA S3003 is the best one so far many there is a circuit for it and super easy to modify it glad THOMAS that servo idea work for you,i remember i told you a long time ago it was the best way to goo project getting good
I tell you what would be easier Thomas. I saw some foam heads over at Hobby Lobby. They looked almost like this woman. Just pour rubber over them. They were $10. You don't have to worry about breathing, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and incovenience to the model. The foam head can hold it's breath indefinately.
Mel
That is awesome...... I can't wait to see her in action.
Ummmm... I am not sure, I have not seen a pic of you. I am from the Bay Area. I have visited LA. I have a friend that used to live down there.
OK. Perhaps not. But I did live in the bay area for 15 years.
Picture of me on you tube:
http://youtu.be/rq69ee1szew
AMAZING!!! I love your robot!! or Humanoid.. I DONT KNOW haha! 3D printer? Amazing!! congratulations! mmm... Maybe in one year I will live in LA...you live there, dont you? jaja would be very exciting to know your android in person....
Good luck! I think that all of this comunity want to watch a video..
THanks. You have a cool robot too!!!
Thomas,
I don't think we have met. What part of the Bay did you live in? I have been in California for 25 years. Originally from Maryland.
If you find yourself in the Bay Area you should definitely let me know. If I find myself in your neck of the woods I will hit you up. I'd love to see Melvis in person.
Is that your daughter in the video?
Samantha