Since my robot is running on a Raspberry Pi, which is now supported by ARC, I decided to evolve my current project K[8] into a new one called ZOE... First steps will creating a new servo setup which supports Dynamixel Servos, and a new Conceptual design!!
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Thanks guys... I was getting a bit bonkers and added 58mm bearings to stabilize my shoulder servos!! I will make some movement tests soon, lets see if I can feel a difference!! I might use some smaller bearings for the elbow joints though!!
So now the new shoulder fittings are done, also the new reinforced torso area will hopefully help to stabilize movement! Since I am deviating from my first concept anyways, I will rework the head to fit two oleds... Should be fun!!
I am making some tests for OledEyes and a NeoPixel ring... I will try to come up with a nice head design, lets see where this takes the whole project!
I love the Oled for the eyes, looks very effective.
Where did you get them from, are they expensive?
Wow - this is coming along so well!! Really impressed dude!
@cem Thanks, I like the look of the oleds too...they are from Adafruit and come in different flavours. Mostly around 20 bucks, so not a bargain, but kind of OK, considering how it changes the robots look and personality! Next thing on my list is to come up with expressions for the eyes, which should be a fun thing to do, I will post my ideas as soon as I got them ready!
@ DJSures I am stoked you like the new design! It deviates a lot from my original concept, as I keep adding more hardware, but its kind of nice to see the project unfolding as I go...I will make a new head design soon to bring ZOE to life!!
Btw, I would like to ask you for help on something, but only if this is not too much trouble...I am connecting my servos with a hub from LewanSoul.
The LewanSoul BusLinker is a TTL/USB Debug Board, which supplies power to the servos and connects via USB...
So at the moment I am using Python on Windows/Raspian to drive my servos, it would be very cool to have a plugin that connects from ARC the same way. Then switching between my Python scripts and ARC projects would be easy as cake! No need for re-wiring, just plug and play!
If its too much trouble for you to do this, maybe you could share the source code of the plugin and I will try to figure it out myself?
Would be a very handy thing to have for ARC integration!
This is how my setup works, it would be very cool if I can use it the same way with ARC, so it would eliminate the need to re-wire if I switch between projects!
The source code is in the plugin page: https://synthiam.com/Products/Manual/Dynamixel-16142