I want to build a robot - any suggestions?

[KDOG]

I would like to have a little robot to play around with. One that has at least one arm with claw, one that can drive around the house with out hitting anything with a camera that I can view on my PC. Are there any good robot kits on the internet?

 

[fs5]

try lego mindstorms first

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: KDOG
I would like to have a little robot to play around with. One that has at least one arm with claw, one that can drive around the house with out hitting anything with a camera that I can view on my PC. Are there any good robot kits on the internet?

FEAR THE CLAW!

 

[KLin]

a girl robot? just buy one of those robotic dogs. man's best artificial friend

 

[Jombo]

put homer inside it

 

[TallBill]

use extra glue. you just cant make a quality robot without strong glue.

 

[mygumballs]

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[amdskip]

Originally posted by: Jombo
put homer inside it

same thing I was thinking

 

[TitanDiddly]

Pic up a BOE from Parallax- that will be you onboard processor. Video... you'll need a whole seperate system for that. Use 4 of the 7.2v cordless drills on www.harborfreight.com for drive- you'll need to either use relays to control them via the BOE(off/on), or you can figure out a way to do PWM control with hobby ESCs (proportional). For the arm, you can use 1/4 scale servos from www.servocity.com, and some normal sized ones for the claw. Get your NiCads (7.2v-8.4v) from www.towerhobbies.com and a decent peak charger.

If you want to actually conrol it from the PC- that's a whole different can of worms. Forget the BOE and get a hobby radio control system. Trying to control it with keyboard and mouse would be very complicated the RC would be easier than the BOE (less wiring) and interfaces with PWM directly, so you don't need any middleman to the hobby controllers or servos. You can just sit at your computer and use the RC controller.

 

[Shockwave]

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[mygumballs]

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[BatmanNate]

Pabst Blue Robot!

 

[her209]

I remember a while back, there was this Japanese guy who build this girl robot.

 

[nodoubts2k]

Robot!

 

[MournSanity]

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This is gonna be the best prom ever!

<maniacal geek laugh>

 

[mygumballs]

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[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: nodoubts2k
Robot!

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES robot



robot gallery

 

[Eli]

http://ohmslaw.com/robot.htm

 

[Budmantom]

Originally posted by: KLin
a girl robot? just buy one of those robotic dogs. man's best artificial friend

This reminds me of that commercial.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

There was another robot thread a few weeks ago that had several good links in it, search for that.

 

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: jumpr
This is gonna be the best prom ever!

<maniacal geek laugh>

Exactly the same commercial I thought of, LOL.

 

[Squisher]

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