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how to start project upon robot
- 07-23-2006
hi, 2 months back i got through in an automation company.. i m an
electronics engineer but still have not done any robot related project.
i want to make somwhat humenoid robot. but this would b a big project
at start so i want to welcome your sugestion how to get start for this.
i have desided to use wheels for its motion.. automatic direction
control based upon senser signals.. there would be two arm with 3-6
degree of freedom.. it should have such power to hold an object of 2kg,
can move with object. can understand instruction..
1st with these things i want to start when this robot will start
working i will put other inteligent applications..
help me if u can..
yaa this would not be seeming to become as humanoid robot at this stage
but after geting success here i will progress for making it humanoid...
ok then
electronics engineer but still have not done any robot related project.
i want to make somwhat humenoid robot. but this would b a big project
at start so i want to welcome your sugestion how to get start for this.
i have desided to use wheels for its motion.. automatic direction
control based upon senser signals.. there would be two arm with 3-6
degree of freedom.. it should have such power to hold an object of 2kg,
can move with object. can understand instruction..
1st with these things i want to start when this robot will start
working i will put other inteligent applications..
help me if u can..
yaa this would not be seeming to become as humanoid robot at this stage
but after geting success here i will progress for making it humanoid...
ok then
Re: how to start project upon robot
the side and a human looking silicon/wood/foam/insert material here
head on top and a servo to move the mouth and eyelids
or humanoid like C3P0 big difference
for your first bot i highly recommend a metal box on wheels, forget
about looks for the first one, try to get it to navigate a hallway and
enter the right door
trust me its much more doable and satisfying when its done than the
humanoid that might get done in twenty years
Re: how to start project upon robot
I *strongly* suggest building a small robot based on a simple
microprocessor and only a couple of sensors.
You might even want to start with the Lego Mindstorms or the (former)
Radio Shack VEX systems.
If you want to go your own, I suggest using a small base from Budget
Robotics (http://www.budgetrobotics.com/ ).
Depending on your resources, there are several controllers you could
get:
If you like C, you can get started with a simple PIC
http://www.microchip.com/
Also, if you like C you can go for an AVR system; I like the
MAVRIC-IIB board, though if you know what you're doing you
can build a system on a breadboard.
http://www.bdmicro.com/
If you're into Java, then I like the muvium chips
http://www.muvium.com/
This are fairly inexpensive but his online store isn't really
up to date with what he's really offering. Currently I'm
building a simple robot on a wireless breadboard and a
Budget Robotics base (the Octobot). I'm also finishing up
a simple behavioral programming framework.
If you are into Forth, then look at the 'Pods from
New Micros, Inc. They are truely great for motion
control and I will be using one of their IsoPods and
a couple of TinyPods in my larger robot, Groucho.
http://www.newmicros.com/
Once you've built this basic robot and gotten it to do
what you want it to do, you'll know if you want to continue
in this crazy hobby, at a cost of under $300.
For your larger robot, I would suggest looking at the Leaf
Project. Groucho will be a Leaf robot once I get finish
my current article and have the time to put him together.
These robots aren't humanoid, but they have solved many
of the problems that you'll be facing.
http://www.leafproject.org/
Good luck!
--
D. Jay Newman ! Author of:
jay@sprucegrove.com ! _Linux Robotics: Programming Smarter Robots_
http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! "Heros aren't born, they're cornered."
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