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Title: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on November 08, 2007, 07:17:29 PM
Finally, I have gotten around to posting a video of my butler robot.


[youtube=425,350]hsy11NAPgHc[/youtube]



More videos to come!

check my blog for updates
http://erobots.blogspot.com (http://erobots.blogspot.com)


Feedback is appreciated

EDIT: Most updated version
http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-Butler-Robot

OFFICIAL SITE OF BUTLER ROBOT:  narobo.com
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: dj sures on November 08, 2007, 07:37:36 PM
nice work man! keep it up . can't wiat to see more
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Rebelgium on November 09, 2007, 12:42:53 PM
hehe, nice touch with the sound effects.

Some constructive comment:
- invest in some PWM-able motor driver circuits, that way you can make your motors start gently, instead of shocking your robot around.
- Make a construction to hold your laptop, and all that stuff on top of it
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on November 09, 2007, 12:47:48 PM
I was thinking of adding pwm later...


also, in the newer version of chives I am thinking of mounting the screen vertically on his body, or perhaps getting rid of the screen altogether.


Keep the feedback comin!  ;D
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Ro-Bot-X on November 09, 2007, 01:12:20 PM
I think it's awsome! You make me feel guilty that I have put aside the programming on my robot. I don't have the time and patience learning to program it (PC side...). I had another ideea of a robot and I'm trying to learn how to make it and program it. I am building a CNC to be able to cut the parts needed. It's all a slowww process...

You definitely need to add PWM to your robot. Try to get a bluetooth handset to send voice commands to Chives from anywhere in your house. Make voice commands like: Turn Left 10 Degrees, Move Forward Untill Stop, Move Forward 10 inches (or centimeters...), Stop!, Don't Crush the Flowers! Get Your Ass (Battery... or whatever the ass may be...) Over Here! and so on... At least this is how I test my robot. The only problem I have is that on Win98 voice recognition is weak. Gotta switch to Linux...
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on November 09, 2007, 02:13:12 PM
Vista Speech Recognition is what I used

I want to add more commands but I am so lazy  ::)


eventually ill write code for a ton of commands.


the bluetooth handset is cool idea, Ive used a cell phone to control him. I connected the handset speaker wire to the microphone input on the laptop.

Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Admin on November 12, 2007, 08:12:40 PM
lol! Im amused :)

All robots have humble beginnings, including running over its creator . . . or using a vice clamp to hold your laptop on it . . .

I see lots of promise in this bot so don't forget humble us when you have the option of posting your code when you fix it up ;)
I use XP though so that could be a problem . . .

In general I really liked it. You and Ro-Bot-X should try and find a way to team up and share code and design and ideas . . .

As a comment about the jerky motors, you need PID control on it. For small low mass robots simple D control is fine, but your robot is heavy and tall so you can't avoid it. Basically something to give it a smooth acceleration to move and to stop.
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Rossei on January 24, 2008, 03:43:13 PM
Hi der,

I'm totally new in this arena......but enjoying....pretty soon i'll make my 1st bot though

urs is amazing......especially I liked da interface......did u make it on ur own? I was just wondering how the Vista Speech Recognition software links to your robot controller.....

anyway keep working gr8 !!!  ;D
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on January 24, 2008, 04:07:41 PM
Hi der,

I'm totally new in this arena......but enjoying....pretty soon i'll make my 1st bot though

urs is amazing......especially I liked da interface......did u make it on ur own? I was just wondering how the Vista Speech Recognition software links to your robot controller.....

anyway keep working gr8 !!!  ;D


Thanks, im in the middle of writing a tutorial on interfacing it. Also, I added some new features to chives, such as "what time is it", check weather , check traffic. Its really cool, I talk , he replies

Im on vacation now so ill see what i do
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: GUmeR on January 25, 2008, 06:46:26 PM
Awesome job! I'm really impressed how you talk with him :)
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: cooldog on January 27, 2008, 07:07:27 PM
you should get a portable phone and have hands free calling
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on January 27, 2008, 07:18:16 PM
you should get a portable phone and have hands free calling

I did do that through Yahoo Video Messenger

just used the sound output from there and connected it to the microphone jack

I can probably use the headphone jack of a cell phone as well, maybe Ill do that this week
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: gamefreak on February 03, 2008, 04:25:30 PM
It looks as though chives trashed the room he was in, does he get sad when hes not on a killing spree?
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on February 03, 2008, 04:29:49 PM
It looks as though chives trashed the room he was in, does he get sad when hes not on a killing spree?
:D
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: izua on February 14, 2008, 12:30:05 AM
killer dude, killer.
i loved the "star wars theme" thing. maybe you can make him wield a light saber  ;D
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: pomprocker on March 13, 2008, 04:42:33 PM
have him control your home by hooking up one of these:

http://www.wgldesigns.com/w800.html (http://www.wgldesigns.com/w800.html)

That would be interesting
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: pomprocker on March 13, 2008, 04:45:23 PM
actually you would need the transceiver to control your home, but with the w800rf and some x10 ds10a door/window sensors or x10 powerflash modules hooked up to sensors around the house then he could monitor the house.
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 11, 2008, 05:43:18 PM
I redid this robot

just want to update this post so that others who search this post will be notified of my new butler robot

http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-Butler-Robot/


[youtube]MQNcoqglVPk[/youtube]
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: hazzer123 on July 11, 2008, 05:54:56 PM
Very impressive airman00. I love his ruthless bottle opening technique!

I would be interested to see an uncut video of the robot though to show its reliability.
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 11, 2008, 06:03:20 PM
yep maybe i'll post a bloopers thing


did you like the clint eastwood impression at the end?   ;D
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Scheda on July 11, 2008, 06:52:56 PM
Was his voice choppy in a couple places? I assume that's probably a processor speed issue?
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 12, 2008, 07:29:32 PM
Was his voice choppy in a couple places? I assume that's probably a processor speed issue?

yep you got me. Vista isn't the best for this type of program. I'm making the switch to Linux gradually, once I master Voice recognition on it.
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Scheda on July 12, 2008, 08:53:08 PM
Ah Vista... What a bad release. Good choice on the move to Linux, that'll help out a lot!
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Admin on July 13, 2008, 11:50:04 AM
no double posting, you should know better ;)
http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=4669.0
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 13, 2008, 02:25:29 PM
no double posting, you should know better ;)
http://www.societyofrobots.com/robotforum/index.php?topic=4669.0

yea I know, but when you search butler robot you get this post , so I wanted to update this post

thats why I wrote this:

just want to update this post so that others who search this post will be notified of my new butler robot
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Admin on July 14, 2008, 07:09:49 AM
in the future, just link over to it :P
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 14, 2008, 07:19:48 AM
in the future, just link over to it :P


will do   :)
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Dudekiller on July 21, 2008, 11:41:32 AM
this is ftw!
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 21, 2008, 11:50:24 AM
this is ftw!

For the win ? I think.  I don't really speak abbreviation language fluently  ,  ;)
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Admin on July 21, 2008, 12:00:05 PM
this?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=FTW!!!

but then again, google also says its Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 21, 2008, 12:13:11 PM
this?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=FTW!!!

but then again, google also says its Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien

right but how does any of those definition fit in?
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Admin on July 21, 2008, 12:16:31 PM
In the future, robots will ftw.

duh :P

(actually, I'm clueless too)
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 21, 2008, 12:19:25 PM
(actually, I'm clueless too)

lol


Dudekiller please explain your comment  :D

Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: pomprocker on July 21, 2008, 05:39:30 PM
i knew ftw as "f@$!& the world"

for example:

"I do what I want, ftw!!"
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: SeagullOne on July 26, 2008, 07:46:09 PM
Way cool robot, man! I voted for you on instructables! If you remember me, I asked you about using wheelchair motors on my own robot several months ago. Coincidentally, I think you an I are working on similar projects. My bot's name in Nina, and she's meant to to do some of the same stuff as Chives!

My constructrion and programming on her was going pretty well. Recenetly, though I've hit a stumbling block. The base I built for her was getting too heavy for Windshield Wiper motors, so I'm breaking out those wheelchair motors I bought, and now I have to build a new base to fit those! But, as they say, "Nothing works unless you do!"

I just wish I didn't live in 108 degree weather so I could do more construction on her. In the meantime I'm developing Nina's programming and A.I. (I'm experimenting with artificial 'Learning' for lack of a better word.

Good luck and keep up this project!

Loren
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 26, 2008, 07:47:54 PM
Way cool robot, man! I voted for you on instructables! If you remember me, I asked you about using wheelchair motors on my own robot several months ago. Coincidentally, I think you an I are working on similar projects. My bot's name in Nina, and she's meant to to do some of the same stuff as Chives!

Loren

Very cool Loren!

We should definitely keep in contact about our robots ( transfer of good ideas)

My email is airman00 at gmail.com
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Gordo4444 on July 26, 2008, 10:24:39 PM
Way cool robot, man! I voted for you on instructables! If you remember me, I asked you about using wheelchair motors on my own robot several months ago. Coincidentally, I think you an I are working on similar projects. My bot's name in Nina, and she's meant to to do some of the same stuff as Chives!

Loren

Very cool Loren!

We should definitely keep in contact about our robots ( transfer of good ideas)

My email is airman00 at gmail.com


I to voted for Chives. I have a question that I couldn't find on your blog about chives. How do you make the motors move from your computer? Do you use a Microcontroller that is hooked up to your computer all the time? Or maybe a card in the back of the computer. Ohh wait, its a laptop.
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 26, 2008, 10:32:42 PM
it is on my blog actually and in the tutorial

I used a product called Phidgets Interface Kit ( google it_)
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 28, 2008, 06:22:31 AM
Btw
I am starting to sell lighter versions of Chives , my butler robot 

It has all the same features , but it is made of light plastic instead of heavy wood

Butler robots start at around $4000 , price varies with features included.
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Scheda on July 28, 2008, 03:56:57 PM
Do you have a site detailing his features and everything?
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on July 28, 2008, 04:13:25 PM
Do you have a site detailing his features and everything?

http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-Butler-Robot/
 has a features list
and

eRobots.BlogSpot.com has some more stuff
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on August 30, 2008, 04:41:30 PM
Looking through my digital camera I realized that there are 21 High resolution images of my butler robot that I hadn't uploaded online yet.
I uploaded them and here is the link to the folder for it :
http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj202/erobot/Chives%20Reloaded/Completed/


Enjoy,
Eric

OFFICIAL SITE OF BUTLER ROBOT:  narobo.com
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: AdvsNoob on November 23, 2008, 10:38:29 PM
This is cool, i will try to make one for my second project GOOD JOB! 1,213,920,194,124/5 that is really good just so you know ^_^
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: airman00 on November 23, 2008, 10:50:06 PM
1,213,920,194,124/5 that is really good just so you know ^_^
what do those numbers mean?

and thanks
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: Kalen on November 24, 2008, 01:18:56 PM
That's fun! I like how he tells you when he stops. Love the StarWars sound effects, too. lol ;)
Title: Re: My Butler Robot
Post by: WaterPig Master on November 24, 2008, 01:54:23 PM
Hi there

Impressive.  Most impressive!  That's such a cool robot!  Now all you need to do is post a video of him actually moving around a bit more, so we can appreciate his full glory! 

Wow.  I'll be lucky if I can EVER make a robot ALMOST as good as this!

Thanks,
WaterPig Master