aRDui5X-Classic Robot Clone
@ February 9, 2012
- Actuators / output devices: Solarbotics GM 17, GinSing audio shield
- CPU: Arduino Mega 1280
- Operating system: no operating system on the ATmega controllers
- Power source: 7, 2V 33Mha Racing Pack
- Programming language: C (Arduino IDE Variant)
- Sensors / input devices: HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor, bumper switches, IR
- Target environment: Home without a lot of rugs
This is the aRDui5x, a 6:10 scale clone of the classic RB Robotics RB5X robot. It's functionally equivalent to the base unit as far as processing, sensing and ability goes. It does have a lower clearance of course (in fact it gets hung up trying to go over the basement rug.) It uses an Arduino Mega for brains with an R3 motor shield, an SR-04 sonar system, 8 bumper switches, a Ginsing speech shield and a standard remote control IR receiver to find it's charging base. Motivation is via 2 Solarbotics GM-17 motors and wheels, with a Polulu ball caster for balance in front. When I was a teen, the RB5X was about the coolest thing I could imagine. Of course at close to $3000, it was not a possibility. I still always wanted to build one, and now between the internet, open source solutions and my having a job, doing so is a possibility-and it comes in at just a hair over US $180.
UPDATE:
I got the speech function working and taught it to sing and dance!
@ Fri, 2012-03-23 12:16
That link you posted
That link you posted above takes us to an advertisement for ipad 3.
Instead, I found your link at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI4yO24Cu98
@ Fri, 2012-03-23 13:16
Weird
@ Sat, 2012-03-24 01:35
That is strange. This is the
That is strange. This is the same address I just found below. I did not see it down there before.
@ Tue, 2012-03-06 00:01
great
its good to see the classic robots getting new life im working on re building (gemini by arctec) good job
@ Tue, 2012-03-06 04:22
Gemini
@ Sun, 2012-03-04 20:38
Daisy Bot
I taught it a new trick.
aRDui5X sings "Daisy Bot (Daisy Bell.)"
(Fritz-believe it or not this is using the Babblebot/Soundgin chip for voice synthesis. I broke down and bought the GinSing shield and low and behold it just works! Those guys were able to do what I could not. Moral of the story:Sometimes it's better to buy what you need rather than solder your fingers together.)
@ Fri, 2012-03-09 01:56
Congrats to the babblebot success
After reading through the soundgin forums and such it seemed the Babblebot was a tough cookie to get working on a breadboard. I was dismayed that Frits was anti-Babble, seeing as I bought one soon after I saw your post :) I went ahead and designed a USB version of their serial board for the babblebot and I hope it works as well as your shield does. I mean, who uses serial ports anymore?
BTW your top link to the Daisy Bell song is an iPad vid from youtube. Do you work for apple? ;)
@ Fri, 2012-03-09 02:51
Apple
@ Fri, 2012-03-23 06:59
RE: Babblebot/Soundgin
I got my chip to work, even after a trip to the reverse polarity torture room! The USB board I made for it is a mess but after "correcting" the mistakes the Babblebot works, at least via the USB connection and with hardware initiallized sequences. Haven't yet attempted to have a uC communicate with it yet though.
My gawd it sounds so awesomely robot-y over headphones. I love it :D Thanks for the inspiration.
@ Fri, 2012-02-10 03:10
Great!
Now, if you would, please delete the other 4 duplicate posts.