I loved the idea about modding my own omnibot so i found one on ebay and bought it
My initial plan is pretty basic, just put in some servo's for the head and arms, i have an H-bridge for the movement and put in a camera.
I bought it for about $51 and $64 shipping, but I ended up paying an extra $45 on import duties (which I think is ridiculous because it's not even sold anymore) I just got the box with my omnibot (it was shipped inside a burger king box ):
Look at all those stamps!
thank you!
Here comes the head
What a beautiful baby..
Fortunately, he wasn't that discoloured from the sun so I just washed him and didn't have to repaint.
Here's the entire collection of video's. Please excuse my poor English, I wasn't doing bilingual education back when I shot these:
I'm currently working on renovating him. He was very poorly glued together and his arms snapped off. I'm planning to release a final video before my visit to EZ-Robot in July.
Other robots from Synthiam community
Fattywoo002's My First Bot - Dodgy Casebot
Donesvarc's Printed - Revolution Six
thanks ndavid just right having a hard time using the computer with my arm and elbow hurting from my fall i had
Aha.
I don't know the specific brand of the mini-itx, think it's a VIA Epia from '06. Clock speed is i think only half a Gigahertz
The Netbook my robot has on its back is a asus eee pc 4g surf. It runs XP really well from its 4gb SSD chip.I've also modified it to have a touchscreen.
thats pretty slow,i think i know the model of it ,BEST mini ITX is the PX10000G or PX11000G 4" by 3" size up to 1.1 ghz plus under 12 watt of power perfect for small robots
@robotmaker
I think i'm just going to keep the EEE pc on him for now. I don't really have money for a mini ITX + LCD right now.
@NIEK if i found another good deal will let you know,last 2 on ebay i bought was one at $54 and one at $79 complete with hard drive,i did find a much better and about the same size at 2ghz and 2 gig ram with WIFI AND MORE AT $450 getting 2 so far
BUT really good job on your first robot design,i have a great neice age 10 thats trying to learn and help me
Hi Niek, Nice job on the robot and the video. I think we all well be reading about you some day. keep up the good work.
@Robotmaker, I am still looking for a min itx board for my Leaf project. Can you let me know also if you find a good deal on one.
Thanks
@bc what size board will fit inside your robot 7" by 7" or pico size 3 1/2 by 4 for leaf you need about 2 ghz 1.1ghz may work,i have one but havent tested it yet and are you using the animated face,that uses a lot of memory resources and speed,plus need to use windows xp pro
I am using windows xp pro. No animated face, I am going to build a face for it. 7" by 7" or pico size will work. I am also trying to get a chatbot working with it. His name is ZORK.
robotmaker thanks for any help you can give me.
BC