Now I have the EZ-B kit and the Hearoid it's time to start my Showcase thread.
I still haven't decided on a name for him yet, all suggestions are welcome.
I won this robot on ebay weeks ago, for the past 2 weeks he has been waiting for me to collect him...
Today was the day, a road trip to pick him up and bring him back to his new home...
In his new home (with Omnibot and Wall-e in the background totally unaware they are next in line to be opened up)
It wasn't long before this happened...
Now waiting to go in the dishwasher to get nice and clean.
The plan is to make him autonomous, running 24/7 (except for when he knows to go charge himself up) but will also be adding in the various image tracking options.
The only other slight modifications to be made to him are to convert the head to tilt & pan which will involve having to give him a small neck.
The head will include the camera. I haven't yet decided to fit it in one of his eyes or to make it his nose. The issue to overcome with this is the blue tint on the bubble head. The mouth will have a light or some lights in which flicker when he speaks.
The arms will be given some life with servos at the shoulder joints and the elbows provided I can get them to fit in there nicely.
Ultrasonic sensor will be in his chest, probably on a servo to give a wider view.
Original drive wheels and gearbox seem to be in very good shape so will plan to reuse those and just replace the existing motors for the modified servos if they can manage the task.
Speaker and microphone will be in the original positions - if it's not broke why fix it?
Not too big a project but enough to give me a test, help me learn and bring an old robot back to life.
Other robots from Synthiam community
Ezang's My New Adventure Bot
Dave's Bimbo The Clown
Thats what i am trying,not looking to arguee and hope the same from RICH,if he doesnt think my idea is good or disagree with me no problem. still think i am correct
I will only say i disagree
I remembered a company who make custom front panels so plan to use them for the front panels of this bot for a very nice, clean, neat professional finish.
http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/
Now I just need to finalise what will be on the front panel and get it designed
P.S. I would never work with robotmaker, it is hard enough ignoring him, as stated elsewhere I will no longer be engaging in any conversation with him for reasons which are obvious. I have not said this to be nasty or to offend, I have mentioned it to clear it up. This paragraph needs no replies, but I'm sure someone will take offence despite that not being the intention.
I feel the same way too,anytime RICH says something about my ideas that DONT NOT WORK best is to just ignore him and say "you say so" and let OTHERS try my tests
BUT last comment i will make on this post ,he cant tell ME not to post about any software like robnorealm,if he doesnt like WELL TO BAD
HE cant keep me from making comments on his posts,and same i cant keep him from making comments on my posts
RICH doesnt want to work together ERREUL thats just the type of person he his
I know RICH he will comment on this
I USED frontpaneldesigner before,my company i work for had many panel i came up with,prices are high but job is good
ROBOT's most of us make dont want to put much money in to it,look at the post on the home base finder,everyone looking for a cheap sensor.
ME i may use it,since i can get a discount and money not a problem.
But depends on the robot design,any time you send to have a company to make custom parts,platEs or PCB'S its going to cost a lot,but if you have a good machine shop you can do it cheaper
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PLEASE IGNORE RICH,look at the prices first then compare results,many other companies make panels and i think most everyone knows anything CUSTOM cost good money,they some on this forum does not have .
do COMPARE PRICES first and see if it fits in your budget
he SAID i dont want to help,read my other comments on helping him with adding other analog ports and the idea i had for adding a sensor
RICH is the type of person who is a angry guy,if you read is other comments on me from others posts ,"saying cant wait to rip my head off" other bad word H**l and other comments
NOT once did i say any of thoses or anything badmouthed
MY my claims are true,did some i test and best thing advice to i give to others is compare or test Onthing i am not good at is programming and windows 7 software,so wont make any comments on them
REPLY AGAIN RICH like always
@EMMEUL as you can see i try to be nice to RICH in a few comments above about some idea for his project,i just could not be a nice guy and not give him any idea's ,but i was a nice guy and tried to leave what happen in past be gone
But as you can see he spit back in my face saying he didnt wont to work with me, so i guess who you can see who is a nice guy and who is not.
SO just the fighting will go on and on
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