Hey all!
So I read the title "BoxBot" by thetechguru and while I love the salmon box platform, it wasn't quite what I expected because after ordering my Wall-E and my EZ-B kit I thought to myself "well if the kit shows up first, maybe I'll make a bot out of the box it comes in!"
So not to steal any spotlight from BoxBot, I named mine slightly different. I hope you enjoy as I did during the 2 hours I spent putting him together last night when I got the kit finally!
The Kit
A hole for the wheel wires
Some high-tech wheel mounts to level out the servos
Wheels are mounted!
Cut a hole and nicely mounted the head servo without glue or screws
A protective box for the EZ-Board
Another piece of protective cardboard for good measure
It fits!
The blue light makes the box glow nicely :)
All done!
My eBay Wall-E came in today, but now I don't want to dismantle my BoxBot :(
By the end of the first night I had movement, speech recognition and face tracking working beautifully.
Tonight I even had my friends take control of it for a while over the Internet using the HTTP server! It's still a little sketchy, but they had a blast! It reminded me of a couple episodes of Big Bang Theory... Points to the first who know what I'm referring to!
But no time to tinker tonight. Just wanted to make my first project showcase. I can't wait to do more with it! :D
Other robots from Synthiam community
DJ's Tomy Omnibot
Jackphillips1953's 6 Servo Arm Using Vb.Net, Visual Studio...
@DaMan, ! That is what you are with this....definitely 'DaMan'....how awesome is that! Well done!
That is great. I thought about that before I assembled Boxbot, but my tin had some dents, so I went with the Salmon box instead. I was also concerned about shorting out the EZ-B, but your solution was perfect.
I love how the LED glows through the top. Alan
I built Testbot to test and learn how stuff works. But now I want to save it so I guess I'll be ordering another board from DJ. I think he planned it that way.lol
J.W.
Oh yeah, that starter kit is like the free samples from a drug dealer. DJ will be getting most of my discretionary funds dor some time. Particularly when EZ-Bits come out.
Alan
Hahaha what a fantastic idea!!
I love it! And the Big Bang Theory was when the guys in China turned their lights on and off in Pasadena....I'm such a nerd.
Thanks for the comments guys.
Yeah the friends controlling over the net are likely to buy one for sure. At least one of them.
But I still can't wait to tear into Wall-E. I will definitely make use of fullmonty's guide .
I'm a little disappointed though. I was hoping that even though I don't have an MP3 Trigger or audio board of any sort, I would be able to trigger audio to play through my computer. So I could speak into the camera mic asking "What's your name" and my laptop would play the audio clip.
Oh well. I will just have to find an audio board of some sort somewhere. There seems to be some recommendations in the hardware forum, but I'll probably leave it until last.
-D
@daman cool you was able to make the packaging so useful. It reminds me when I was a child I played with the box just as much as the toy ! Lol
@DMan,
Could you post all of your camera and tracking settings for the metal box robot?
I track color good, but motion and faces I have trouble with.
thanks,
Mel
Lol that's awesome.
I used 2 hotel key cards and made a robot from that. Sandwiched the servos in-between and mounted the EZ-B, battery pack and camera on top. Used elastic bands to hold it all together. It was red neck! :D
Wow, tin box packaging with a window... makes me want to get one just for the nostalgia I never had
(but I really like the current box as well) Nice build!
@Lumpy I did the same things, but with wooden sticks left over from another project :D
Awesome.... and I know what you mean by needing a second EZ-B board....or third....or forth.....he he he