Hi Gang ! So Ive finally got my project to a point to where Id like to show what I have been working on, which I actually started around october of 2019. Its still ways off from being finished, but I wanted to show you the major part of it.
This design stands a lil over 65 inches tall. Currently weighs in about 40lbs. Is mostly made from Servocity Actobotics metal parts and some very high torque servos (3402 oz/in), a torso actuator(180lb thrust) ,Vex grippers and much more...
The main goal of this design is to help lift a person up; as in from a sitting position from a chair or wheelchair ,turn, then lower the person back down onto another chair (they call this "Transfering" among the nursing community). I got the idea from all the times that either me or an aide/nurse has to lift and move my mom around in her home. I know that there are lift chairs out there than do this, but I want to see if a real robot could be built to do it too.
HEMI is currently partly RC controlled right now, but I will be using EZB along the way to perfom the many task that the EZB can do. One thing you will note in this picture is the 2 white pvc tubes protruding outward from the front. these in time will have an Ultrasonic sensor and a bumper switch, and will be used to carefully roll up to the person sitting in a chair (your feet would go in between the white tubes and your toes would touch a large rubber stopper when the robot comes to a stop,holding the feet in place before the lifting. The idea then is that HEMI will bend over forward, while its arms extend outward, safelty grabbing and holding the person, then will rise up till the robot is basicaly fully upright and the person is now in a standing position being held up by the robot. Then to be turned and lowered back down onto another chair ie: wheelchair for an aide/nurse to do whatever is next.
More pics and a couple videos to come as I keep adding to it. Next major hurtle is to add a SSC32, wire the servos and the means to power them.
Other robots from Synthiam community
Animator28's AVA (Advanced Visual Android)
Redzone's 2Nd Inmoov Build
Hi EzAng, I am able to turn left or right, just not so easyon carpet I have found out. Takes a lil practice, Right now, I can trive the robot via R/C controller. I can run it in AI mode,but with the Sabertooth still acting up (still dont know why), Im only wanting to run him in AI mode in a more open room, which I still need to run test on. My place is small and it could easily crash into something. I the AI mode works great for everything else as youve seen,and I am still working on better arm movements. I liked the servocity 15% deal too, I picked up another 3 ch, r/c car controller that way
Hi RoboHappy,
How are you?
did you see this video demonstration, tutorial pertaining to the Sabertooth-Kanargoo stuff?
https://synthiam.com/Community/HackEvents/Dimension-Engineering-Sabertooth-Kangaroo-19484
maybe you did, just trying to help you
EzAng
Hi EzAng, Yeah, I did watch the demo about the Sabertooth. The issue I keep having with the sabertooth is just weird. I recently switched over to a roboclaw since I found out its pretty much the same. Of course the issue at hand still followed. Recently , made a change to how the torso actuator will work fors oem better control. I also had to replace a servo gear on one of those Servcity servos I use in the arms. Somehow I managed to strip a metal gear.
Heres a few new videos. Not my best video work but can still get the idea
https://youtu.be/U6uGV-CbbCw
https://youtu.be/cE5yHi8tmik
https://youtu.be/IgeHNf1TE8Q
Enoy
RoboHappy,
very good moves and voice commands-
I thinks our robots move as well as the InMoov robots, what do yo think?
Also we are mobile :-) we move around, lol they don't.
Just noticed 5 hr. past, I guess I am the only one here. EzAng
It is cool to see our creations move about yea. Gets even cooler once we figure out what we can make them do for us in the real world. I still have a lil more hardware changes/ideas to improve upon. Programming is still my weak point but it needs ot be done. I just learned the other day how to get the Bing speech and the Pandora features to work together, although I find the time from asking it a question and receiving an answer to be super slowm unlike videos I have seen DJ do with JD.
robohappy
cool robot.love the choulders goin outwarts.
RoboHappy, if you need help with the the Bing speech and the Pandora - I know how to do it, just let me know.
Have a good day.
EzAng