This is Bob, our 3 ft tall house robot using the Ez-Robot kit and leftovers from plastering angle beads (lengths of perferated coated- right angle tin use to finish edges of plasterboard).
The angle beads are super cheap, can be cut to any length and can be easily riveted together. The big plus is the material is super light but strong. Bobs head comprises of 2 X 1.25 ltr plastic bottles. We are soon to retrofit Bob with Electric drill motors so he can venture up the driveway and down the street.
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Hazbot,
Bob is Awesome...
I felt the same way and did not want my bot to be confined to a computer. I am going with the mini itx, and hard drive etc. a netbook might even be better for you.
Me too. It is fun to hack some toys, but you are confined to the limits of those toys (unless you are Josh or Samantha haha). I'm mostly doing that now to learn, but my eventual goal is build my own design. But I was not sure of the open design. It does seem great for access and ventilation. Do you worry about someone or something getting inside and messing up wiring or something? It would definitely keep it lighter too. Hmmmmmm...
Hi Bret,
Ultimately Bob will have thin ventilation type covers with perspex sections so you can see inside to any part of the Robot. The Keyboard of the 10 inch notebook that will slope down the front of his chest will also have a cover. The importance of open plan design came to me when as a kid I loved watching submarines and documentaries on them. The guys that built them stressed the importance of having all their mechanisms and wiring virtually exposed for quick and easy access. Aircraft use a similar principle to this but they also use covers for aesthetic reasons ( people would get nervous if they could see all the wiring conduit vibrating above their heads). Fortunately Bob resides mostly around the house so there's no real concerns (apart from dust and a little UV through the windows).
Cheers
:)
Awww Bret.. your sweet.
Haz I have to agree. I am not fond of flying to begin with not sure I'd want to see the inside of a plane I am about to get into. Hahahaha....
I do like the idea of being able to see inside. I think I'd be cool. I think I will have some strips where you'll be able to see inside.
Bob gets a Brain. Project (Brains on Board) begins
Looked at all the options. RobotMaker - the Aspire one d270 series has a hack option of replacing the hard drive with a SSD. The store owner assured me a $69 SSD fits perfectly into replace the HDD if required. Of all the netbooks this model fits the bill,Windows 7, light weight, wifi, blue tooth, mic input jack, speaker out jack, SSD adaptable for the super bargain price $284 Aust. from Office Works (normal retail is at least $349)
The other option was a SSD dedicated netbook and they are few and quites expensive with low memory. So now the new fun begins - can somebody stop that Robot .. Bob come back here now !
That sounds like a great deal.....
Yes Sam, thanks - it was a real bargain.
Brains on Board Update
Spent about 3 to 4 hours on Bob today. Had to build an entire new body cage to fit the netbook but after much measuring, tin snipping and riveting, he came out really good. He still gets around as fast as ever but he is nearly twice the size he was. The netbook sits with the screen as a torso and the keyboard slopes down as a chest. Got the bluetooth and speech recognition happening and having real fun with a few hundred sound FX.
Back to work next few days but I will be doing some video on the new improved brainy Bob mid week.
:)
