Introducing Questor.
I put a hold on my large robot project Magnus awhile back due to budget and time constraints. I wanted to have a platform that was way smaller, easy to modify for testing purposes and small enough to roam around inside the house autonomously. Questor will serve as a test platform for systems that will eventually be placed in Magnus. Questor was not intended to be a cool looking robot platform, just functional and very basic in appearance. My main goal is for him to be autonomous with the option of me being able to take over remote control separately if needed. I would like for him to be able to automatically find and connect with his battery charger and to eventually have a good A.I.
So here is a first look at him...
Weird....the pictures below [b]this line were not intended to be here in this first post. When I made the new post below, it saved the pictures in this post also. When I tried to go back and edit them out of this first post they don't show up on the thread so I can delete them. They belong in the post below....see details for the new wheels in the later post.[/b]
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Thanks Rich. I'll try that.
Small Update:
Questor gets his new speakers.
Tested at full volume.....it's LOUD
Don't know if I'll be able to get the speaker plate panel painted before the Maker Fair...sooo much to do.....sooo little time.
Update: Built and installed a relay circuit to activate Questor's eyes using an EZ-B digital port. Tested and working great. Hope to get my video camera charged up and start making some videos of this little guy.
*NOTE :This drawing was edited to correct a mistake
Cant wait to see the vids!
Did you get the Motherboard shutdown issue wored out?
Hey Rex, on those wheels, are they hard plastic? Also, when initiating a hard turn or full rotation does one set of tires move forward while the other moves in reverse, or is it just one side that is moving and the other is simply powered down? Where did you get those tires and how much weight do you think they can take?
Thats like a boom box on wheels lol . They look like a standard sized lawnmower wheels. Usually those are hard plastics or hard rubber.
But in this case the voice light will be ON OFF based on the digital port level that will activate the relay thru the transistor. So, what is the nature of the EZB digital port on off or what ? Why do you need a relay ? Why you did not use transistor or MOSFET to control the voice light ?