This is a challenge issued by friends and family. The goal here is to make a robot that can bring beverages from another area to wherever the people are , allow the person to get their drink , then leave. It does not need to be fully autonomous , even remote control is acceptable. It does not need to grab them from the fridge, preloaded beverages are acceptable. This is Ez Robot though, I believe we could do better than that! Well anyways to start the project off I am using a roomba base. I picked up a stainless steel trash can last night as a outside casing. I will show you the rest as we go
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@bret thanks man! Ever find that laptop? Email me if you did.
I need to make a way to mount the top section into the roomba. Second thoughts are that I need to install at least one caster in the rear because right now it's riding on three wheels. This would make the robot more stable and not fall backwards.
Yes, I did find it.
Hi Josh, thanks for the goody bag! It got to my home adress (mom picked it up at the local post office) but I havent had a chance to look at all the parts yet. Thanks, man!
Josh, if you could figure a way to put one of the peltier units in the cover it might cool more evenly. Cold air sinks. If it is generated in the top it will flow down over the beer.
@ mike your welcome man , enjoy
@Danger - I'm trying to keep as much discreetly mounted as possible. Most the commertial coolers use the bottom or back of a cooler. Because the idea is the lid can raise by a servo I must keep the lid light.
Ok so in order to make this a more efficient cooler I researched the successes of others for a while. One thing I noticed is peltiers that were water cooled worked very well. I'm considering getting a waterblock for the peltiers , a radiator, small pump and some hose and making a small water cooled system to keep the "Hot side" of the Peltier as close to room temp as possible. Also I have two peltiers so I'm considering using both peltiers. The peltiers should arrive today in the mail. I did two doodles to illustrate the idea if two peltiers were used.
Very simple , same as what is used to cool a cpu.
To ensure airflow I was thinking of having a 120mm fan on both the front and back of the radiator.I will check online to find any systems done like this.
Hey Josh, I didn't have the keyboard but I have this adapter...do you think it will work?
I can ship it with the laptop....
Bret
I don't think the usb adapter will work because I'm betting there is no wires just a usb to ps2 converter pcb. I will email you the address.