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
Jphillipsnj's Inmoov Project
Ezang's Simple Bot Car Robot
Rich, thats a good idea move the 2 servos to the 6V supply that will also give them a bit more torque. This seems the simplest fix.
Problem solved!
I moved the 2 servos for the neck to the 6V circuit and no LCD problems at all now. The servos must draw a lot more current than I thought!.. Which may also explain the disconnections I was getting (that I had put down to the range of the bluetooth as coincidentally it always happened while in the kitchen which is around 8M from the PC)
I guess I need to now check the current draw on the servos so I can work out how many 6V circuits to throw in there, since they are on a 5A regulator and I intend to use the same servos on the arms.
The main thing is my problem is solved
hazsa!
A little bit of moving things around and removing extensions that weren't needed and, boom the after shots
I still need to make a little platform for the battery to stop it slipping on to the wheels but that'll be easy enough and there is plenty of space for the wires from the arms when they go on. I could easily fit at least 3 more batteries in there, possibly 5 more which would give 30mAh... I wont be, not yet, maybe if I add in a riser and PC on a future upgrade but certainly not yet.
And everything works perfectly now. Nothing cutting out when the head moves
Awesome Rich! All your posts are (rich) with ideas, brainstorming and thinking out loud in the best possible way! I love how your always looking for creative solutions and total willingness to listen to others and their good suggestions. I said it before ...there's more then one way to skin a robot! Your pics are also very inspiring , keeping things organized and to keep us informed
Thanks.
Yeah I try and have everything posted, problems, solutions, bad solutions etc. so everyone else can learn as I learn too.
It also helps me when I look back over the 32 pages (or 40-50 pages with "ghost posts") and see how far it's come, how far I've come and how any obstacle was overcome in the end (even the arms were fixed but I want better).
I was looking back the other day, removing useless posts and seeing the time line of this project did give me a sense of accomplishment.
You're right, there are a million and one ways to skin a robot and each of us will do things differently. But all of that is awesome information for someone looking at ideas and ways to do things. It's what makes this forum awesome and I'm proud to be a part of that
Your build is coming along nicely! I agree that the thread is much easier to read now without the distractions of someone's bragging and "my way is the best and only way" negativity. {Raises a glass} Here's to new beginnings!
The king is dead, long live the king! Will be once again proding and asking questions, she sure looking beautiful. And I'm assuming the above post was about robotmaker?