Project Hearoid.

And, for the love of all things robotic, keep it to your own posts!..

My Hearoid WILL be using the EZB, will be programmed by me using ARC and EZ-Script, with all due respect, I don't care about anything else, at least not in this forum topic. This project is intended for me to learn about the EZ-B and the basics, nothing more. No fancy AI, no linking to billions of other bots.

So, please, use the topics you have already started regarding other boards, software etc.

i disagee with you on some of it,only problem i might keep saying it alot but it nothing really bad about it and other reason person who started the post didnt hear of the faults ,so it mostly for his post only

same if i bring it up again it will be for that persons post too,to give ideas nobody should say my faults are wrong unless that tried that software,so how you you know is good or bad its also good to bring up negative ones or they never will get fixed Thats the main reason i bring it up also not every board made is perfect

ok i look at my posts in this tread it ,i really didnt say much about the EZB BOARD on how bad it is,i might of missed it

some of the points or idea's giving to RICH was first about sonars ,since i know more about them then most people do and other sensors samne about navigation since i tried a few and see some professional designs that only uses sensors,lidar or sonar or compass and so many more and there the best designers in robotis,witch in calfornia i had a good offer there working in the robotics lab

same with the pan and tilt and the arm problem he had,gave idea i use alot because plastic is cheap and breaks alot,plus easy to remove servo's and there are other points too also i did mention about going on my trips (i guess thats not good for any posts) but i see other does it too so thought it was ok i did bring up i buy professional robots ,no matter the costs only to look at it and take it apart and try reverse engineering to use the ideas on my robots

RICH i thought you wanted to here other persons idea ,only trying to help you

I welcome and am thankful for any suggestions and any constructive criticism on my project and how to achieve my goals using EZB and ARC/EZ-Script.

But, your posts about how your AI software is great and ARC isn't are spilling all over every topic, as are many of your other complaints.

doesnt seem from your other post that you like any of mine

update i remove everything not related to this project ,if i missed something let me know like i said only trying to help you since i MAY no more about robots then you,i dont know you or how long you working on robots or working with sensors or software and yes i will keep all my stuff to my projects only ,i sometimes get carried away mostly about my work, Only trying to give you ideas on AI software or sensors or brackets or anything else for you project dont have to use them only a a idea thats all you say you really dont care i think about other ideas since you are doing the program adding sensor by your self,people here might have ideas on script to help you are anything else also never check the software too,so nobody can say its bad or good except me worst thing about it is NO NO EZB HOOK UP.but EZB I AM GLAD is almost there,i hope soon it is

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i would do the same on my projects also if anyone has a good suggestions on how to achieve my goals too

My TIP122s turned up the other day along with the 1k resistors needed to make the switching circuits for the eyes and mouth lights so immediately these were quickly soldered together and fitted to the bot. It's the usual TIP120 circuit so I wont post any pictures or schematics (unless asked for them).

Then quickly adjusted the "head test" script I wrote while playing with EZ-Scripts so it would flash the eyes and mouth 5 times quickly before and after the movement test...

I also finally got around to taking a look at how to mount the servo to move the elbows on the robot today. My biggest challenge is trying to make it all look like I haven't touched it so where possible hiding the servos inside the robot and inside the arms. The other challenge seems to be getting everything in without using hot glue or epoxy as it all needs to come apart again for when he receives his new colours (thinking a slight metallic white for the main body with a nice metallic candy blue for the face, hands and anything else that was originally blue on him, but that might change)

To do this would mean grinding down the original mounts;

Offering up a mini servo seemed to fit perfectly;

Trimming away at the first half of the lower arm so it can rotate, all the red needed to go but avoiding the original mount for the screw;

This does mean the elbow can't rotate a full 180 degrees but can yours?

And the other half also needed the original mounts grinding down (everything with a red x on) for it to all fit back together;

It's all ground down now and ready to be fitted back together (tomorrow's job, it's 2:30am here!) The photos of the parts ground down ready to go are still on the camera so I will post those up tomorrow.

It should all fit back together nicely. A servo horn is screwed to the piece where the join for the upper and lower arm is which should be hidden nicely when all on the robot. Hopefully the mini servos will have enough guts to lift the lower arms - they seemed pretty strong when used on the pan/tilt bracket (but not strong enough to lift the heavy head).

And because I've been grinding and cutting the arm parts and I've not exactly too confident with that just yet I kinda wimped out a little and won another Omnibot on ebay today just in case... the good thing is, the new one is complete in original box too, so depending on it's condition he will either be kept nice and original in his box or swapped out for the one I bought a few months back and the other used for parts if I need any (if I don't then I have my next EZB project)

It feels so much better now it's finally coming along, things are moving and starting to take shape.

Looking really good. I love the movement of the head.