Bobii Reborn From Frizby Bob

MovieMaker

USA

I decided to make a smaller test-bot. My wife said I could not buy or make any NEW robots. So, I took my BOB Frizby robot that was made from an Arduino apart and made an EZ-BOB. It is a little lopsided. But, I expect when I have time, I intend to square it up. It has red eyes that glow. There is a lesson to be learned here. I spent $5 plus for each blue LED. I was expecting them to hold up with 5 volts applied. But, they burned out quickly. So, I did not have the money to buy more, so I made him with RED eyes and put resistors in series to dampen the flow of current.

Without further Adoo, here is BOBII:

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#3  

Do you not have crosstalk on the ultrasonic sensors down low? Or are they far enough away they Can differentiate each others signal?

#4  

Oh wow $5 a led , that thing better take 10 volts! Thanks to popularity of LEDs you may be able to get a bag of 100 LEDs from hong Kong for 5 dollars in the future. Just gotta wait a while to get here. He looks good , any videos of him navigating?

#5  

I haven't programmed him yet. Yeh, the LEDs came from RadioShack. They where blue and they were beautiful. Now he has evil red eyes. I don't like them as much. No problems with cross talk yet.

thanks for the reply, josh.

mel

#6  

@MovieMaker, What are the 3 servos in front for? I thought they might be the locomotion but I see you have servos on the wheels as well.

#7  

Hey MovieMaker,
Your robot Bob is cool. You are very resourceful creating from your existing items. You must be controlling Bob from a separate notebook or PC. You are a true robot builder who will not be deterred. Does the numeric LED readout show voltage or other data? Thank you for sharing your robot project. Steve S

#8  

Yes, Steve. It shows my 7.5 volt battery. And the eyes glow red. (I prefer Blue.)

Thanks! it took me a day to assemble. I still have to square it up a bit. I am waiting for a quad core to be shrunk down to the size of an EZB. I guess a tablet would work if they shrink it enough. Yes, right now controlled by the desktop.

Cheers!

:D

#9  

@007. Right now, I have two Servos on the arms in the front and two servos in the bottom for Left and Right. What you are talking about are probably the sharp IR sensors. I have top and bottom center PING ultrasound and front,right and left IR sensors. Also, I have pan and tilt servos for the head. This may be what you are talking about.

:-)

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#10  

Isn't a shrunk tablet just a smartphone? (actually, my smart phone is better than my tablet).

Looks really good dude.

And hopefully it'll be moving soon, I left a little present for you on the cloud and in your topic about the problems you were having:)

#11  

@Rich, I have to hook up many usb ports and sound cards and speakers, etc. Take a look at Marti.

Thanks for the help.:)

#12  

Ahh yes I see they are sensors now. I was looking at it on my phone:(