Humanoid Robot

@mcsdaver, are you still in Oklahoma? If so, what town? I'm in Yukon (west OKC).

Hmm, forgot to sleep again! Everyone moved to Missouri and I moved to Georgia to be with a lady, but it didn't work out. I will be moving back to Missouri to help my mom out. Wont be too far from Oklahoma. I still have friends there in Tulsa. I have been away too long, my mom is in bad health and my dad died less than 2 weeks ago. Haven't felt very well lately. Long drive to Missouri and back plus I miss everyone there. Losing my dad has been very hard. I think he could have built anything he wanted to build. He never did build any robots, but he did build buildings, wire them and did heating and air conditioning work, fix TVs and anything else that needed fixed. Must be where I got my ability to fix stuff even if I never saw one before. My mom could have been an amazing artist if she wanted to. I had been drawing for years before I ever saw my mama draw anything. Her artwork is amazing in detail and pure beauty. Sadly she never drew very often. I only taught myself to draw because I had so many ideas that I wanted to build and need to draw them on paper before they were forgotten. Late again. Night all! Will be back to building after some rest and my cold goes away.

Been programming on my robot and got lots done. His waving is at a good speed and he can high five like a pro. My only working camera is too heavy for his already heavy 3d printed head, so I need to find a new lightweight cam for him to see with. Had a bit of trouble with his neck getting stuck when he tried to look to the right. Looks like he is ready to make a new video. Too late here to make much noise, so I will make a video in the morning. He hasn't over heated all day, so that is good! I want to turn motion tracking on and off with voice commands, but haven't figured that out yet. At least everything else is working and I have added some new voice commands. I still need a male voice for the little guy. Windows 7 only has a built in female voice.

Uploaded a video of Dave in action. Still working on adding more commands and functions for Dave. He needs his head balanced and a camera in it. I need a new video cam for him that fits. The voice command rest kills all of his servos so he wont over heat or waste batteries. If he is tracking my face his neck servos will continue even after a rest command. His large arm servos are the ones that used to over heat Dave. He is running much cooler now. I will be replacing his EZ-B V3 with a V4 and the camera made for it.

Servos turning worm gears would add strength to the arm and make it so even with power off the arm stays put. If I had a better 3d printer I could try this ideal on my robot. This would make the robots movements slower, but stronger. EZ-B has no problem making a servo move fast.

mcsdaver, Enjoyed watching your videos. Looks like maybe Dave has new paint? Looking good. The interaction is great. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to any updates on Jenn. Steve s

Amazing! I'm really impressed with hi movements and your work! Keep the updated coming please.

Dave has a whole new 3d printed body. His arms are the same, but one servo was replaced because it stripped out.