This is the first in a series of videos showing the current capabilities of the ALTAIR EZ:1 robot.
Part:1 Pour and serve a drink
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Really cool Tony. Also cool that you had the Altair EZ1 do the job of showing his different sensors.
Great video.
I apologize in advance if you already cover this in a different threaded discussion. How do you power this masterpiece, great work on the sensors integrations.
@PJ_Dtechy, I don't know what Tony is using but here is an old discussion with what he was looking at at the time. https://synthiam.com/Community/Questions/7625
If I remember right, he went with something else that was smaller, but I don't remember exactly what it was.
Mind blowing as usual. I'm very interested in the magnetic wrapped thing-a-ma-jig that detects objects 360 around the robot. Is this something you built and does it interfer with any electronics?
Hi Tony. Great work you have accomplished..I would love to see a video of the EZ 2 robot in action. The EZ 2 styling is my favorite,would love to get my hands on a body kit without electronics.
@PJ_Dtechy, I currently use a 12v 10,000mAh NIMH battery that give around 6-7 hours operation of the EZ:1 (depending on use). Interestingly I tried a 18,000mAh lithium powerblock (about half the weight of NIMH) but only get around 4-5 hours operation.
Dave, I use a low cost car electromagnetic parking sensor - this is the model that I use and it is less than £10 to buy on ebay
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/232145071026?lpid=122&chn=ps&adgroupid=36165537022&rlsatarget=pla-277568765470&adtype=pla&poi=&googleloc=1006565&device=c&campaignid=738474636&crdt=0
More information here
www.ebay.co.uk/gds/The-Truth-About-No-Holes-Car-Parking-Sensors-/10000000008152561/g.html
@rb550f, The Bosch worm motor drives was a game changer, with huge torque, zero holding current and being virtually silent they were a no-brainer to make an efficient and functional arm. But the problem for the EZ:2 design (arms) is that the Bosch units are too big. The EZ:2 arms had regular high torque servos that were very noisy as can be heard in this video
The concept for the EZ:2 was a modular 4 section build that could be packed smaller to reduce the shipping volume to other countries, but it became clear to me back in 2014 that the business sector for large home/hobby built robots was then way too small for the huge investment required - from this the EZ:1 platform with the Bosch drives looked to be the best way forward for developing and testing ideas.
Tony
Love the videos...keep them coming...you've worked so hard on this robot so great to see him working and explaining how he functions!