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.
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Markthebotbldr's R2D2 Interactive Hacked!
Luis's Using The Sure Dc Ss503v100 With Ezb4 From Ez-Robots
While it's not yet anywhere near complete, and the sensor is in the wrong place and held on with double sided tape (hint, don't drop that stuff sticky side down on a wood floor it doesn't like coming off!) I just needed to check the distance for the script. More sensors are to be added but now I have the values needed.
So a couple videos of Melvin bouncing around my living room.
Melvin's view (I think the framerate is a little messed up, he doesn't go that fast)
And one of him making memories, or taking photos and tweeting them to be precise (detection isn't working great due to lighting levels and the neck needs setting up a bit better)... then tries attacking me
And in case you are wondering, I am in the middle of decorating hence no stair carpet and a big hole under the stairs.
I see a guitar in the room you going to teach him how to play it and sing.
I see its small place ,i hate small houses ,but i guess it depends on the paycheck,even my 3 room with extra room for computer getting too small for my and my family (robots and my new wife soon) and if we have children.(she wants them)
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RE-EDIT my answer to question to you not upset you about rambling about other stuff thats not about the the project
JUSTonly hope others follow my lead too.
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YOUR right RICH sorry,just everyone elso does like JOSH as a easy example and many others do it ,so thoght it was ok.
I GET the same ramblings on my project from others too,so i know how you feel.
WILL stay on topic on yours from now on ,ok
Is Melvin a little top heavy? Looks like he rocks a bit when he tilts too fast.
Rich, Your little guy is so cool! Nice work!