Most of the students we work with (and some adults) have been a little disappointed with the Rovers because they look too much like toy cars. They expect a robot to look close to something they see on TV or in movies, you know, with hands that move and at least some rudimentary facial expressions. So in preparation, I’m building something closer to that to help with the presentations and to engage the students a bit more.
Sparky is going to have
- 4 degrees of freedom per hand (shoulder, elbow, wrist and grasp)
- Rudimentary facial expressions, including pseudo-emotional reactions
- Wheeled treads
- Sensors for both Passive Infrared (human detection and follow) and Sonar (obstacle)
- Voice output (v2 Update)
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Saturday 18th August 2012 Build time: 4 hours. Base tread locomotion setup.
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Saturday 18th August 2012 Build time: 4 hours. Base tread locomotion setup.
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Saturday 18th August 2012 Build time: 4 hours. Base tread locomotion setup.
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Saturday 18th August 2012 Build time: 4 hours. Base tread locomotion setup.
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Saturday 18th August 2012 Build time: 4 hours. Base tread locomotion setup.
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Saturday 18th August 2012 Build time: 4 hours. Base tread locomotion setup.
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Day 2 – Sunday 19th August 2012 Build time: 5 hours. Chest support structure and 2 degrees of freedom (shoulder and elbow). Constructing the left hand took about 3.5 hours due to initial prototyping issues, but the right hand took less than 20 minutes.
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Day 2 – Sunday 19th August 2012 Build time: 5 hours. Chest support structure and 2 degrees of freedom (shoulder and elbow). Constructing the left hand took about 3.5 hours due to initial prototyping issues, but the right hand took less than 20 minutes.
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Day 2 – Sunday 19th August 2012 Build time: 5 hours. Chest support structure and 2 degrees of freedom (shoulder and elbow). Constructing the left hand took about 3.5 hours due to initial prototyping issues, but the right hand took less than 20 minutes.
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Day 2 – Sunday 19th August 2012 Build time: 5 hours. Chest support structure and 2 degrees of freedom (shoulder and elbow). Constructing the left hand took about 3.5 hours due to initial prototyping issues, but the right hand took less than 20 minutes.
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Day 2 – Sunday 19th August 2012 Build time: 5 hours. Chest support structure and 2 degrees of freedom (shoulder and elbow). Constructing the left hand took about 3.5 hours due to initial prototyping issues, but the right hand took less than 20 minutes.
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Day 2 – Sunday 19th August 2012 Build time: 5 hours. Chest support structure and 2 degrees of freedom (shoulder and elbow). Constructing the left hand took about 3.5 hours due to initial prototyping issues, but the right hand took less than 20 minutes.
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Day 2 – Sunday 19th August 2012 Build time: 5 hours. Chest support structure and 2 degrees of freedom (shoulder and elbow). Constructing the left hand took about 3.5 hours due to initial prototyping issues, but the right hand took less than 20 minutes.
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Day 2 – Sunday 19th August 2012 Build time: 5 hours. Chest support structure and 2 degrees of freedom (shoulder and elbow). Constructing the left hand took about 3.5 hours due to initial prototyping issues, but the right hand took less than 20 minutes.
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Day 2 – Sunday 19th August 2012 Build time: 5 hours. Chest support structure and 2 degrees of freedom (shoulder and elbow). Constructing the left hand took about 3.5 hours due to initial prototyping issues, but the right hand took less than 20 minutes.
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Day 2 – Sunday 19th August 2012 Build time: 5 hours. Chest support structure and 2 degrees of freedom (shoulder and elbow). Constructing the left hand took about 3.5 hours due to initial prototyping issues, but the right hand took less than 20 minutes.
