The Real Wall-E

DJ Sures

Canada
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It's been a very crazy past few weeks. I took a day off today. Yes! I admit it. I took a day off... And I built a robot:) Felt great to be back in the hacking saddle!


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This Wall-E hack from DJ Sures turned out great! DJ used the EZ-B Robot Kit to build an amazing real life Wall-E! He added the camera from the kit to Wall-E's head for visual tracking. He then added a horizontal neck servo and vertical head servo. Now this Wall-E can visually track motion, color and faces in two dimensions... Up, down, left and right!

For extra character, DJ added Wall-E sounds to actions and some voice commands. He whistles when asked to follow your face. He sighs and moans when his favorite red ball is taken away from him. Do not worry, he quickly perks up when asked to dance to the movie's familiar music score.

Be sure to watch the video and see this Wall-E in action!

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#10  

Code:


controlCommand("Personality Generator", pauseon)

# play song
controlcommand("soundboard", track_5)

# forward
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 30)
servo(d7, 29)
forward()
sleep(1000)

servo(d6, 25)
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 19)
left(500)
servo(d6, 15)
servo(d8, 19)
servo(d9, 30)
right(1000)
servo(d6, 25)
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 19)
left(1000)
servo(d6, 20)
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 30)
right(500)

# reverse
reverse()
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 30)
servo(d7, 15)
sleep(1000)

servo(d6, 25)
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 19)
left(500)
servo(d6, 15)
servo(d8, 19)
servo(d9, 30)
right(1000)
servo(d6, 25)
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 19)
left(1000)
servo(d6, 20)
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 30)
right(500)

# forward
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 30)
servo(d7, 29)
forward()
sleep(1000)

servo(d6, 25)
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 19)
left(500)
servo(d6, 15)
servo(d8, 19)
servo(d9, 30)
right(1000)
servo(d6, 25)
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 19)
left(1000)
servo(d6, 20)
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 30)
right(500)

# reverse
reverse()
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 30)
servo(d7, 15)
sleep(1000)

servo(d7, 23)

stop()

# hands in air and tada
servo(d8, 27)
servo(d9, 11)
controlcommand("soundboard", track_3)
sleep(1000)
servo(d8, 6)
servo(d9, 30)

controlCommand("Personality Generator", pauseoff)

Australia
#11  
Thanks I have been looking for ages.
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Synthiam
#12  
Oh! I added a ping distance sensor to Wall-E today. After doing so, I have some new enhancements to the ping radar control and some fun new collision options.

Looks like ARC will be released in a few days!
#13  
DJ is this wall-e based on ultimate wall-e?Do you mind take a pic of his hand and arm? Just curious how they design to make it move? Thanks
Australia
#15  
Hey DJ

Just wondering were did you get all the sounds such as his sad one when he looses ball, or when you first get his attention etc for the wall-e? I've searched for while on net and cant find them. Or were you able to make use of the sounds that are orignally part of the toy?
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Synthiam
#16  
I made those sounds:)

Download the latest EZB file from the Wall-E robot page:) .. I just updated it to work with the latest version of ARC
Australia
#17  
Hi DJ,

As per your post above regarding the ping distance sensor, how are you getting WALL-E to avoid obstacles if the sensor is not mounted on a servo (scanning)?

Would I need to add more ping distance sensors or add a IR sensor?

I'm waiting on my EZ-B & just want to make sure I have all the components ready for WALL-E.
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Synthiam
#18  
Just leave the servo port set to NA:)

I'm going to be modifying the wall-e and attaching a servo at that point. Just a little micro servo. Because it really doesn't avoid that well without it moving. If you set the min distance to 20 inches, it's acceptable. But it will eventually catch it's tracks on something.
#19  
hey can u post a link to download the wall e sounds

im building 1 but i need the sound to upload it to the sound trigger
Australia
#20  
I'd like to download the latest EZB file for WALL-E, but it's not on the page. Anyone know where it is?
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Synthiam
#21  
It's in ARC, under File->Examples
Australia
#22  
Thanks DJ,

Got my EZ-B, simply amazing! :)
Started building my WALL-E.
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Synthiam
#23  
Awesome!! I'm making a user showcase section right now. Can't wait to see yours up there:D
#24  
What Wall-e was used to make this robot? I really want to give this a try, I know I read that it was the ultimate wall e, but this unit looks smaller. I have an ultimate and it's 17 inches tall and comes with a white remote that enables you to program a sequence of moves. It also has a back pack to hold and plug in an mp3 player.
#26  
Thank you! I can't believe I missed that.

-Sean
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Synthiam
#27  
Excitement of having your own Wall-e can get in the way!:D
#28   — Edited
These videos are what introduced me to EZ-Robot and got me to where I am today!:D
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Germany
#29  
Kann mir jemand sagen, welche Antriebsmotoren in der WALL-E verwendet werden?