Yup, weight is a big concern. We know that Biped Pete could carry a wiport + ssc-32 and/or mini-abb. That itself is a lot of weight on the back of the biped. I dont think that the head would really cause and issue, but might. Just realized you have an extra board, the Sensor board you made. I don’t think youl be using a Mini-abb, will you? If so thats like 4 boards on the back of your robot. It is going to be like a humanoid turtle soon =/ You should think about moving a board or something to the front of your robot. Maybe make a little mount and stick your battery there. 3oz in the front should counterbalance the weight in the back.
The real problems come in is where you try to balance the robot up on one leg or something while it is walking. Your going to spend a lot of time in the SEQ. If needed, you can upgrade your servos to 5995s for $114 and get like 3x more torque. That should solve almost any weight problem.
Both Sparkfun and Devantech have a single-emitter/reciever ultrasonic rangefinder model.
Perhaps that would be a simpler solution than video distance algorithms?
I’m guessing that it’d at least be a lot less code to process.
Plus, you could then put the sonar in place of the IR LED so the bot wouldn’t look like: Oo
Of course, that would necessitate another home for the LED…
The variables are configured by the VBScript to hold the appropriate servo values … these variables are then used in one of the control modules (SSC, SV203, Parallax, etc) that will communicate to the appropriate servo control board which then controls the motors on the robot. The demos on the site are done using a small PC based robot using an onboard biscuit board. RoboRealm is actually running on the small PC which also has an SSC board on it to control the left and right wheels via an electronic speed control (PWM signal). We will, however, be augmenting the load on the small PC by using other desktop PCs to do the heavy lifting using wireless networks i.e. the image will be transfered to another PC for processing with results being passed back to the small PC.
Sure it would have been a lot easier for me to ignore this, but the truth is that part is supposed to be black lexan. We are sending you a replacement, and checking the shelves to make sure they are black. Big time sorry!
Mike, your custome electronics board is amazing. I wish you were selling them, as I would love to have one.
Also, its nice to hear how lynxmotion replaces parts. I think LM has a great customer service and exchange as well as a sort of “warranty” if the wrong parts are sent. Great Service Jim!
and get like 3x more torque. That should solve almost any weight problem.
We are sending you a replacement, and checking the shelves to make sure they are black. 
Big time sorry!
