Project "I"

Sorry about the lack of pictures. Here is another one of my long term work-on-it-somtimes robots. For this robot, I decided I didn't want to screw around with a base so I just bought a fully functional RC tank for $40 on ebay. The fact that it shoots BBs was an added bonus. For those of you who saw this project before, it was a survey defense tank. Too bad, no fun to have a robot easily punted by burglars. So what do we do now? We go for intelligence! That's right, we are talking in second person even though we are one person. join us, join us, join us, join us...

Ok, enough sillyness. certain goals will still be implemented and some nixed. I have been trying to stuff the electronics in the shell, but that ain't gonna work (ain't ain't a word and yadda yadda yadda). I'll probably just use the shell to hold batteries and put the electronics on the turret. More batteries = long run time = happy me. I want this robot to be kinda smart, that means things like:

• Autonomous roving
• Object recognition
• Terrain mapping
• Ability to follow me
• Voice commands
• Ability to upload the map info to my computer
• Remote control over IP
• Ability to charge itself

• Webserver (usually $65-$75 so I'll probably use a hacked Lynksis router instead)
• Voice Synthesizer (leaning towards a Speakjet)
• KITT style LEDs (already in, serial data is sent to them using a TLC5917 from TI)
• Body heat tracking for targeting
• Camera (for object recognition)
• OOPIC III+ (came with 64K of EEPROM, but it can be upgraded)
• Xenon LED spotlights (for night-time fun)
• self charging station
• claw or manipulator of some kind
• Ultrasonic ranger (narrow beam for precision)
• IR rangers (for simple obstacle avoidance)
• Color LCD with touchscreen (Eventually I want to program this thing and monitor it without a computer)
• Gyro
• Accelerometer
• Gas sensor
• Compass
• Awsomeness