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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I found a foam dome I could use as a form for a topper on this robot. What does everyone think? Dome topper or flat?
I like the dome. It adds a R2/Jetsons vibe to it.
Nickname it R2 C1.(R2 chiller 1) This looks awesome!
Dome is a better plan, that way no-one will attempt to use it as a portable table.
Having a dome does give me open space to put sensors like the ceiling camera to read QR codes.
Ok so I did test some QR codes on the ceiling. The small QR code would read with a illuminator indoors at 2-2.5 ft reliably. The enlarged 400 x 400 line QR code was able to be read at 6-7 ft but it was only consistant every 2 seconds when at 5 ft distance. The largest QR code was approx 600 lines by 600 lines and read consistently in any direction at 7 ft 6 inches away with a 1 watt led illuminator. The next steps are testing if a IR illuminator will react the same and building it. I have 100 850 mm IR less for the next tests. Unless the camera control can determine angle of orientation on the QR code I will need to use a Compass module to determine orientation of the QR code landmarks.
So I needed to do small modifications to the case I bought for the JARVIS hardware while he is still being built and wired ect. The usb connectors and audio and Mic were all 2 inches to short to reach the plug and then they must navigate around or over the video card. I used a bundle of jumper wires to extend the cables about 6 inches in length. It was about 70 soldered connections but I got them extended and turned on the first time. The case is pretty for sure
. While I was soldering these connections my sister hijacked my phone to post on my Facebook " how pretty she was". Yup I really should put a lock on that thing. Lol
Hey at least the leds look awesome on this case. It. Would be better if the case was red though. Just saying
As for the QR code tests I now need to made a IR illuminator that highlights the ceiling to make the QR codes easy to read.
That is a really good looking case, Josh.