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By Chris the Carpenter
@ Sat, 2009-10-03 12:56
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I am one of the old-schoolers around here I guess, I found LMR just about when it first started... I actually started with a blinking LED and went from there. I built a couple smaller bots and Walter is now the sum-total of everthing I have learned along the way. He is getting pretty good, though. I just finished my ipod tests (to add his voice) which worked great. Just last night I successfully added chunks of his new voice to the main code! --Good stuff. I should have another update post soon.
By robotguy_pdx
@ Sat, 2009-10-03 18:33
Very cool. I've only been doing robotics since August of 2006, and took most of 2008 off from it.  I posted my W.A.L.T.E.R. 1.x so everyone could get an idea where I started with him and see the big difference when I get pictures of my progress with W.A.L.T.E.R. 2.x I always like to see where things started. :) I also started out with the required blinky LED and moved on to blinking and sequenceing 16 LEDs and to the robot from there.
By Chris the Carpenter
@ Sat, 2009-10-03 01:48
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This place might not be big enough for 2 Walters...  Hmmmm...
By robotguy_pdx
@ Sat, 2009-10-03 03:09
I was amazed when I saw your Walter here.  How long have you been working on yours? I think your Walter must be quite a bit larger than mine.
By Prettybird
@ Fri, 2009-10-02 19:30
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 Simple design and seems to work OK. Curious why the scanning on the sensor up and down instrad of left to right?
By robotguy_pdx
@ Fri, 2009-10-02 20:12

That is a pan/tilt you see on the top of W.A.L.T.E.R.  It just doesn't pan that much in this version.  It's a combination of the pan/tilt and body rotation to get the scanning.  Two different behaviors. :)