COSMA - Update 1

In the meantime I named the robot astronaut Cosma, a maiden name, ancient Greek for Cosmos. Below you'll find a more specific design study. I think I will 3-D print the main body and the head. I've furthermore tested a FSR (force sensing resistor) as a kind of pain receptor and the ArduEye.

Fig. 1 Silicone elastomer based skin with FSR array as pain receptors

Fig. 2/3 Neck rotation


Fig. 4 Head rotation

Fig. 5 Arduino Mega connected to ArduEye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPd1MEO5_Ig

Nearly. I plan to integrate

Nearly. I plan to integrate all on one board, including the ATmega. The two microphones need amplifiers to feed into analog inputs of the MCU. And we have a temperature sensor: DS18B20. Depending on the number of FSR’s we might run out of analog input pins and need an according solution for that. To lay out such a board and populate it, will be a big work. I’ll work on that after everything is running with the breakouts.

Please post your results with the RTC and thanks for the support :slight_smile: