Hello, I'm new in this community and got my EZ-Board and Motorcontroller last week. After some problems in the Beginning I flashed the Firmware to the EZ-B and the ARC Software works on my Win8 Notebook with built in Bluetooth.
Now it's time for my first Project with the following Goals:
-Driving autonumous and with XBOX360 Pad that is connected to the Notebook -Wireless Cam in the head that should be modified to Pan/Tilt with Servos -Ultrasonic Radar -PWM dimmed LED-Eyes (one Colour or RGB) -Optional movable Arm('s)
I looked around a little bit at home and found two candidates, a Omnibot 5402 and "Rolling Olli" from Dickie Toys. But even if the Omnibot has no batteridoor an Remote I don't want to destroy it, so I unscrewed the Rolling Olli and found out that is very good built and the right platform for the EZ-B.
I used the place in the Back of Olli to screw the EZ-B on. The Batteriedoor is under the robot and holds six batteries Type A, but I modified it to hold 7,2V RC Batterie-packs with Multiplex Connectors. So I can Use the Batteries from some of my RC-Cars and use my good chargers. I plan to cut off the Head and PanTilt it, so it can follow a red coloured Ball with his head. I also have Sharp IR Sensors that I could use for Radar till the Ultrasonics arrive from China.
I will add some Pics...here is a youtube video to see what Rolling Olli is:
That is not my one, my is Blue...but I got another one in Red for my little Daughter, she is 3 Years old and loves Robots. Her Favorits are not payable for me, she wants an asimo, HPR-4 or a Nao, but all of them aren't really cheap for a little kid's toy. ;-)
EDIT: I got cheap a second Omnibot5402 with Remote and Batteriedoor, but the tapedeck is away, so I have a Base for my next projekt, and also one Complete 5402 that is still very expensive when I look at the ebay prices.
Marc
Other robots from Synthiam community
Orwnic82's Ez-B Processor Quadrotor
Morbeious's Alpha (Dev Servo Bot)
Here is one for these who want one:
Rolling Olli
And another one
But the first is in austria and the second in Germany. ;-)
Yes there is enough space for a good batterie and some other stuff, like H-Bridges, Servos, and so on. The only problem is that the two arms are connected together in one piece. I have to cut this to get more space and move the arms seperate.
I installed the RGB LED's in the Eyes, put some milky white foil behind the glasses und glued a black point in the middle of every eye.
Now I have to solder three little amps to fire both RGB LED's on three PWM Ports.
Pics come soon.