New member says Hello.. :)

Hello all robot lovers… :slight_smile:

My name is Rone, 24yr old and from Denmark…

I have since i saw the movie “Short Circuit” with Johnny 5, had a huge interest in robots. And that’s some years back for me… :wink:

I have drives r/c cars on competition plan for about 5 years, and recently ended that hobby because the interest wasn’t to it anymore. I have a dream of becoming an robotics engineer in the near future, so i thought it could be fun to start to get into the incredible world of robotics. :smiley:

I have read allot on the this very great forum for some weeks now and bought some parts that I’m waiting to get delivered (i know it’s worth the wait, but i wish the time could fly i little faster :wink: )

Even when i have made allot of research on your forum about the best beginners kit to buy, i put my love on a model I maby overshoot my experience with, but i hope with some help from all of you, and allot of time studying on the forum, that i can reach my goal in this fantastic world of robotics. And i would already now Thank all of you in advance, because many of you already have help me allot in the right direction. :astonished:

But now to what the crazy guy bought, and hopefully not totally overshoot my experience level… :unamused:

1 Biped Scout Kit BPS-NS
1 SSC-32 Servo Controller
1 Bluetooth Modem - BlueSMiRF Gold WRL-00582
12 HD-1201MG/9618 Power HD Metal Gear Servo 60g/12.2g/.16sec
1 TGY-ST/8296 Turnigy Servo Tester

I was very fascinated by the Scout and the 6 DOF it delivers.
I used allot of time reading reviews on high torque servos to reasonable value for the money, because i can’t afford Hitec’s at the moment, but i would have loved to use them, i have never used other that Hitec in my competition race r/c cars, and they have never failed on me. But back to the Power HD servos. They got i pretty good review from allot of r/c sites on the net, but i also found some that were complete horrible (TowerPro and other much cheaper)

I choose the servo controller in the first place, because I thought i needed to be able to get the thing moving before i want to make something autonomous, and correct me if I’m wrong, but ain’t it possible to use my laptop to simulate a micro controller, or has it something to do with other in/output’s on such a controller board… ? (sorry, but i started from scratch 2-3 weeks ago :blush: )
I also bought the BlueSMiRF to get rid of the cable from the laptop. I have a 2.1 BT build-in my ThinkPad, and hope to could use that for the BlueSMiRF modem link. :slight_smile:
And for last i bought a servo tester, because I sold the old one i had, and i know how handy it were when i was racing back in the days, so i thought that with so many servos, that it would be a great help for me if something should act totally crazy… :slight_smile:

That was a little about me and what I’m hoping will give me many good and thoughtful hours at my desk over the winter… :laughing:

I see forward to learn and listen to all that a willing to help me when everything jams up for me… :slight_smile:

And again, a BIG Thanks in advance for all that have, and will help me in the future with my “little” project… :smiley:

EDIT: I hope you’ll survive my bad English :blush:

Best Reguards

Rone Scholz-Nielsen
Future Robotics Engineer
Denmark

Welcome Rone to the list!

Hope you enjoy learning and asking questions. Good luck with your projects!

Alan KM6VV

Thanks Alan… :slight_smile:

What’s your opinion about my buy. ?

Is it to much for a beginner, or what’s your opinion ?

Best Reguards
Rone

That sounds pretty good for a start! Start slow, and work up!

Alan KM6VV

Hi and welcome!
Glad to see someone from Danmark (we almost talk the same language, I’m from Norway :wink: ).

I’ve no experience with the HD servos, just cross your fingers that they will fit the SES brackets.
I would also recommend the Visual SEQ software if you want to control the biped directly from PC, its a great program for making sequences.

Okay :slight_smile: Sounds good then heh.

I can’t start more slow, I’m at ground zero so to say… :laughing:

Hey Zenta…

Yeah it’s close to the same language :slight_smile: I’ve been crossing my fingers since i’ve ordered them heeh :wink: hopefully they will fit. Hmm haven’t unfortunately ordered the software :frowning: But it might be a good idea… I’ve read allot of good things about it.

I have to agree with zenta, the visual sequencer for the ssc-32 will make things 100x easier.