CARDBOARD ROBOT --- DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!!

Robots:
-Can hear or see, or both - kinda
-Are strong, but break easily
-Can robot dance

The goal here is to build a robot, that is like a robot. It should be able to do human scale stuff, and look like a robot.

Don't get too excited - it does not end well!

This is Emma's clean up robot -

-It is supposed to:
- Here what you say
- Pick stuff up and put it away
- Look like a robot

The big challanges are: getting good motors, controlling the motors, powering the motors, voice recognition, navigation, not catching on fire, not breaking things, not spending to much money.....

Very few of these goals are completed in this instructable - but it is getting too long.

So, lets begin!

NOTE:  If you follow this instructable step-be-step from begining to end, it will probably drive you insane (have you every tried following a cat all day?)  I say, learn what you can, put a fresh battery in your smoke detector, and bash on.

Everybody likes videos up front - here are a few:


Video - shows basic functions - all motors running bi-directional




Video:  Wheels working well (ie before they broke)







Video: Crash:



Video: Emma explains:



Video - with head - serial commands

Step 1 Plans

Comments

[domestic_engineer]

wicked cool!

[sunshiine]

You sure spent a lot of time making this! What a write up! Thanks for sharing.Sunshiine

[marc.cryan]

Thanks Randy!

There sure is plenty of work to do on this topic. What we need are giant hobby servo motors...

-Marc

[randofo]

This is incredibly awesome. Nice job.