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Deskpet redux
As an ongoing project (see Flik previously) I have been working on a small robot that could live on my desk as a pet, hence the Deskpet moniker. I’ve done some research into how to give him...
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I am working on the design for the Deskpet, and decided to build a prototype with a minimal configuration to get started. I plan to use an ATMega128 processor because I have several laying around. Here...
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1) I picked a battery: 230 mAh LiPo from All-Battery. If I raise the standoffs by about 0.05″ I can fit it between the motors and the PCB or I could add a small shelf to the back end of the frame,...
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Deskpet Update & Pics
I finished laying out the PCB during lunch today. Maybe I can clean it up and get it out to BatchPCB for fab by tomorrow morning: I finally got around to taking some pictures of the base:
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Deskpet pre-proto
I ordered a Nordic-FOB from Sparkfun to make the coding for the wireless module easier. While I’m waiting, I decided to hack together a pre-prototype of the deskpet using a Baby Orangutan from Pololu,...
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Driving Miss Daisy-wheel
I got the wireless key-fob working: Family and friends have been having a lot of fun driving it around. My end goal is to let the ‘bot talk to a base station connected to a PC. I REALLY want to write...
View ArticleDesign Goals for Deskpet
I have decided to limit myself to 3 projects; Deskpet, Tiletoy and notebooks. I just built some notebooks, and my Tiletoy PCB is on the way (maybe more about that later), so I’d like to get back to...
View ArticleSimple Embedded Architecture for Robot Learning and Emotion
I’ve been working on a paper about robot learning for over a year now, more as a place to organize my thoughts than anything else. This paper outlines some ideas I’ve been having about how to implement...
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