Humanoid Robot

I am reprogramming all of the speech commands so Dave will talk using his onboard speaker instead of using my computers speakers. The new servo commands use 0-180 instead of 0-100. This is much better because you can move them much smoother, but I do haft to redo every pose. Because of the number of servos and how much movement his arms can make I need to change every pose to his home pose before powering Dave up just to keep from breaking his arms or servos. Then redo every pose to get his movements redone. Then adjust the speed he moves from pose to pose. He will be a much better robot, stronger, speaking using his own speaker and have a camera powered and controlled by his EZ-B V4. After he gets a gyro I will see about making him walk.

Tried to order the same gyro that DJ has been using and the US gov blocked me from buying any. Something about it being illegal to export them. I was trying to buy them from someone in the US and use them here in the US. I also checked to see why they were illegal and they were not even on the government website. This world is crazy. A GPS could make a worse weapon than a gyro could. Every phone has both in them.

LOL... @Dave, what gyro are we talking about here? EZ Robot hasn't released their new gyro, gps and accelerometer yet... Are you saying the US Military is monitoring your online shopping activities?... Tell me you're not wearing tin foil on your head... LOL

The MPU6050 accelerometer, gyro, temp sensor. They said it was illegal to export them, but I was buying in the US and I live in the US. I just want my robot to walk without falling over. I have a bunch of cables that will plug into the I2C ports, so I wanted to make my own sensors.

@mcdaver, I think your being played by someone. The US Gov doesn't do this (yet). Where did you order? I just placed an order all the way through to completion for this item at Sparkfun.

Well, the US Government does have import bans on items that violate patents, and export bans on all kinds of devices that can be used in munitions. Maybe the link you were trying to order from is a knockoff that does have an import ban. Just because you are ordering from a US company doesn't mean they are shipped from the US.

Without seeing the link though, I tend to agree with Dave. If you gave your credit card before the order was rejected I would watch for unauthorized charges.

Alan

The sale would have been on ebay and I tried many different sellers. I just ordered 2 from somewhere else with no problem. I am used to using ebay, wish they hadn't gone bonkers on me.

@mcsdaver... That's a relief... LOL... Good idea about making your own sensors. I think Adafuit sells those gyro's too.... I am going to wait for the ez robot ones but please do let us know how you get on with the ones you managed to buy....