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
Tmesserschmidt's Meet Robot Betty9
Jamerperson's BRAD (My First EZB Robot)
LIKE RICH said I2C buss info is very hard but here is a link to the I2C buss info
I2C buss info pdf file
Since I still haven't got my 4mm bullet connectors (damn postal service, they must be walking them the entire way!) I spent much of the night getting the head all squished in.
His head is getting a bit on the full side now, and to think there are 36 LEDs, 36 resistors. 10 transistor circuits and a pcf8574 to go in there yet (if the idea works and I can figure out the I2C info for the pcf8574) and the possibility of two microphones if I can find any which are good enough for the Pandora Bots control.
Now I want to find a plastic brain the right size so I can cut the bottom off and fit the top half inside the head
That'll look awesome!..
RICH like i always say i am just trying to help you ,even sometimes you think i am arguing with you but here is more info on using the PCF8574
DAVE SHINSEL loki robot uses it ,and may be his code can help you with I2C buss info or might email him for help
dave shinsel loki robot check the loki code it may help you,if you get it working i could use it too
I also knocked up a couple of better images for the TIP switching board whilst playing with a new piece of software. I'll get around to editing the right posts when I find more time but it's getting late and I still have a whole bunch of stuff to do tonight.
TIP Switching Transistor Board
Sweet, lets see how she turns out.
Looking for a plastic brain? How about a mold for a gelatin brain...supposedly life sized.
Yeah that's the kind of thing I'm tempted by. I haven't even looked yet but that's a great start - now to find it in the UK to avoid paying customs charges, taxes and other rubbish that makes importing anything not worth the bother.
Finally I got my bullet connectors today so could get to testing things out.
The LiPo circuit was giving incorrect readings, this was due to the diode being across Signal and Ground, for some reason it didn't like it (even though it is where I read online that it should be). Moving it across R2 solved the problem.
Also, thanks to a very generous donation I have a new idea for the head on it's way
It may be a tight fit and will mean the whole head needs to be altered substantially but it'll be awesome when done. I'm going to keep you all in suspense until I get hold of it sometime next week though. It may mean fitting a second EZB though...
Anyway, now I need to go back and correct my LiPo post so it shows the correct information, and then get some much needed sleep!..