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
Mcsdaver's 3D Printed Ez Robot Bob
Ezang's Beginning 3D Printed Hand, Some Moves - Voice...
An on board computer wouldn't be hard but it's not going to happen. The budget is minimal on this build and it doesn't allow for an on-board computer.
JUST idea
What about mounting the camera just under the mouth? Might look like a soul patch. Drilling into the brain would be a crime, for sure.
RICH like i said will make good comments on your project ,like the brain idea was a very cool idea i know you,you wont make any nice comments on my designs you.
THAT me always a nice guy
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THESE ARE NOT MY WORDS THAT ARE YOUR rich ,i have a copy of his email
plus i did said say do not email one reason i didnt post my email for others . But tricky RICH found my email somewhere on this forum
@McJeff0125 I was thinking it would probably fit there, will be tight with the pan/tilt bracket though but I'm short on options.
NOT going to be as low as RICH STILL will make a good comment on idea that RICH made ,like i did a few times in the past