Count me in
I’d like to sign up for this project, in the evnt others are interested in building.
I can donate some cash, maybe ~$100. I can also bring years of web development to the table and could hack away at the web UI and remote camera operations.
I created a new forum to
I created a new forum to start hacking away at what the project will be (what I proposed or something else) so far we have 7 people but Im not sure what involvement that are planning to have. Join in at that link. I just created it a fe wmins ago so it doesnt have any activity.
Im finally home and caught
Im finally home and caught up with most LMR posts. It sounds like we have some pieces that can begin:
Robot Base
Charging Station (also includes some sort of sensor on the bot itself to find the station)
Claw that can move up and down (the other 4 axis will be covered by the robot)
Web Cam with web page controls
I’m sure I’m forgetting a few others. Please list any I forgot and in a few days we can start handing out parts and get some building done. It sounds like we are focused on makeing 1 robot that can move things. We need to figure out what we are moving so we can design the base and claw system.
Been MIA again due to life
Been MIA again due to life keeping me busy. I did build a web server in aVM on my laptop. I am going to test the website being hosted locally and taking commands and sending them to a picaxe to process and send over IR. I also have a small webcam. When I get it all hooked up my test run will be hosting the vid and letting a user pan the camera left and right to do a proof of concept.
In the mean time what do we want to do for batteries? Rechargeable AAs, LION, etc?
Batteries
I like using a 4 AA pack, NiMh. Simple, common, sorta cheap. Covers many microcontrollers, no real freakiness in charging, can run RC servos, can run some motors, many sensors.
Calculon agrees.
Calculon agrees.
As you may have noticed it
As you may have noticed it has been 2 months since this thread saw any action. I didn’t push it since we had a contest bonanza in June. Since then life has kept me busy and I start college again this fall going for degree #3 and working my way towards (hopefully) getting my PhD and working as a Robotics/AI professor. Does anyone want to take control of this project and get people working towards completing or should we let it die a slow painful death? I eventually want to finish it so if no one picks up the torch I may use it for my thesis if possible.
Might try something like
Might try something like this on my own. Still missing parts but have seen some possible solutions. Good luck on the thesis.
