For those of you who are registered at CochranRobotics.com, I have opened up a Rafiki build Status page. This shows photos of the build process of the prototype. The goal is to be able to start programming of the robot functions in about a week. Enjoy and let me know your thoughts.
http://cochranrobotics.com/RafikiStatus
BTW, this is where I have been since the summer. A lot of working on this project and not so much time to talk in the community. I sure miss having time to hang out here.
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One more then I am calling it a night to spend time with my family. BTW, the robot has been doing tests since about 7:30 AM. That is 13 hours and the battery is still at 13.02 V. It has an automatic cutoff at 10 V. I am impressed with this battery and how little power all of these components use.
Anyway, my little helper again with Rafiki. She actually tested the object sensors for me on accident.
Ha, ha... nice.... She just wants Rafiki to turn the cartoons on again....
Lol, a robot for all the family, including children and dogs
. I like Raifki's voice. Really suits it.
A few weeks back I made the mistake of showing her the Pico projector working with Rafiki to project a movie on the wall. Now when she comes in the house, the first words out of her mouth are "Opa, Rafiki" and then points to the wall that we had used to show the movie.
not fair, i want a robot too, those are the words i got from my Kid today, or why you don't build a robot like that one...
I'm trouble already
post/video #42 shows something in the neck, i presume is the Lidar like you said before
Is not too high, shouldn't be lower to the floor ? It seems you have 4 distance sensors but there is a gap in the front of the robot below the Lidar.
Wow! I just checked the Lidar prices and the good ones start at 1000 usd, and there is also a cheap version for 400 usd.
@ptp Curious, why should the lidar be closer to the floor?... Lidar is not your typical arduino ping sensor... It can be used quite differently in autonomous navigation. It is used most notably with ROS... I have been messing with ROS lately and what David is doing is spot on in my opinion....
EDIT forgot to mention that the neck allows tilting of the Lidar up and down
You've been shopping in the wrong place for lidars...
neato lidar packages
Lidar is about 100 usd if you shop around.
Also, the neck can tilt allowing the lidar to look at objects at whatever range you want it to look at. It doesn't just have to be used for slam.