Now that I have finished B.O.B., my get your feet wet bot, I have begun my next hack. This next robot will bridge the gap between Bob and my ultimate big robot. I am starting with a remote controlled B9 toy from Trendmasters. It was very limited in what it did, and the drive section was pathetic, but it was B9!
Before Pics:
Note: the front "lights" in the chest plate is actually just a decal.Here is what B9 looks like now:
I have mounted clear LEDs in the appropriate colors in the chest at the bottom of the decal and have a flashing circuit that will blink them in the combination as seen on the series. Where the two large round circles are (white domes on the big guy) I will have my ping sensor. I have mounted pager motors in the antenna housings to turn the "sensors" as seen in the TV version. I have mounted red El Wire to his voice plate to emulate the original as well. I have also mounted a series of blinking LEDs to the "brain" section in the bubble.
Next is to work on the rotation of the bubble and torso, articulate the arms and claws, and make a real functioning tread section. For the tread section I am adapting the base from my RAD robot. I will keep you posted with pics as I proceed.
Thanks,
Bret
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Great find, brett! cool I have his "little brother". The smaller version of your full-size Roboscout.
I completely understand your reluctance to gut this cool, big, and slightly rare robot. Kind of like my feeling toward my Ultimate Wall-E. However, if Roboscout ever breaks down or if it can be integrated into ARC similar to the AR Drone, as Gunner stated, then all the better.
Can't wait to see more of Roboscout. Enjoy your new robot friend!
Looks like he works great. He and B9 can be friends.
Well, vacation is all done and I should be able to get back robot building this weekend. Hope to have some pics/video of the voice lights posted soon.
Well, I've been extracting audio from DVDs for the past few days and converting selected dialogue into MP3's for B9 to speak. Still have a lot to do, but I only have the free software for 30 days so got to stick with it. My wife loves some of the phrases I have managed to pull out.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ This program is free and works great. I use it on all of my computers.
If you want to share sounds that would be great.
Oh yea . You should be able to make a couple of hundred words and phrases if you have all the episodes on DVD.