I know I should finish Melvin before starting a new build but Josh's Jarvis has inspired me to give my JARVIS a physical form.
Some already are aware that I already have a JARVIS like system installed in my whole house which carries out a multitude of tasks from being an automatic PVR (like Tivo but better), controlling the heating and hot water system, controlling lights... too much to list really but one day I will attempt it.
Anyway, since it doesn't currently use ARC or an EZ-B I haven't posted much about it on here, but that's changing for 2 reasons...
- To inspire you guys to open a can of awesomeness and
- Because finally JARVIS will become a real robot rocking an EZ-B.
Basing the design around a RAD V1 robot
So far all I've done to the RAD is stripped it down - why they soldered every connection is beyond me!..
A lot of the choices I make on this project will be chosen by JARVIS. I will be adding some scripting so that I can ask him things like "What colour do you want to be?" and he will choose... this should make it interesting
Like I said, his brain is existing and has been for around 2 years, with new features being added all the time. You know what, let JARVIS tell you himself a little bit about him
For more, check out Jarvis Youtube Channel or www.JARV15.com (under construction)
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How do you plan to do Jarvis's head? are you putting a camera in it and 2 servos for pan/tilt?
Just pan, tilt will be done through the body.
Camera position is unknown, I may fit it in the centre of the ARC reactor in the chest as I'd like to keep the speaker where it is which is also the only place the camera would fit in the head. But anything which has more than one choice will ultimately be decided by Jarvis
The first (?) self designed robot.
Just thinking about what I just said, the camera will have to go on the head. While you can have ARC pan the head with the camera not on the head, the website based control has pan/tilt control, with the camera being the viewport for the robot panning the head would be useless if the camera isn't on there.
I'm sure Josh has ideas of where to fit the camera in a V1's head, I think I saw it in the small black area (where the speaker is) on a photo somewhere. The head itself has not been set in stone, working from the ground up so the base first, distance sensors in the base, then the body, (removable) ARC reactor, the arms, head, camera, leds, other sensors, speaker, possibly mic, then paint and put back together.
Then reconfigure the website to pick up the onboard camera and move the robot, arms, head and body. While I have the controls sorted thanks to a bit of HTTP server spying (I'm sure it's documented anyway but I couldn't be bothered to look). But, I will wait to do more on that until after the next update since it's a big one and there may be changes to how it handles everything.
The main reason for having web based control is so I can move it around from any of the tablets I have in my house (I use them for control and feedback of everything in the house).
Taking it further, however will use external programs and databases, it will act as though it controls the entire house electrics (all lights, most outlets, heating, hot water, blinds, curtains, TVs, media players etc). It will also be aware of things like what food is in my cupboards, what I'm running low on, what is going out of date, what I can have for dinner (including recipes). I'm also working on getting it to automatically shop for me but that is a little difficult without risking ordering a load of food I don't need.
And to top it off, it already knows about 4000 cocktail recipes and the contents of my drinks cabinet
Did I say it was a huge project?
Wait..... A drink mixing robot.... May ha ha
No his arms wont really be good enough to mix drinks properly... but while I wrote that I did think about another pair of arms on the bar powered by an EZ-B to mix the drinks
I need to stop thinking before I end up with 100 projects on the go at the same time...
drunk robots taking over the earth...
LOL. anyways, cant wait to see what you come up with.
Could you tell me how the rad leans forward and backward? dc motor?
Could it be converted to a standard servo?
Yes, a DC motor. Not sure if it can be converted to use a servo, I plan to find that out when I attempt it.