Just a heads-up for those interested, we'll be at the HIVE tonight
working on assorted things before and after the business meeting.
This will include more informal discussions on the Cin-D LOU housebot
project.
The current focus is on locomotion strategies. We thought last week
to see if Jon could get a more-complete, already-assembled, junker,
motorized-wheelchair base. That would be a better starting point for
the locomotion unit than just the two drive gear motors. How would
the unit navigate around in the floorspace? Any folks interested in
taking on this challenge?
Also we're interested in anyone who has a working Arduino to RC servo
setup that they could bring and demo. We're looking to rig up four to
six or so RC servos inside the head to drive the eye motions. Does
anyone have a good salvage source or do we need to buy new?
Does anyone have a small cell-phone size (maybe 2" x 3") general-
purpose video screen and speaker? Can that be rigged to a PC or CPU
to play low-resolution, short-duration audio/video clips auato-
selected on demand from a library? If you think you can do this, see
me tonight to talk about a possibility.
See you tonight, Jim
