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Keith Neely
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Because of the strict Mexican laws with adopting children from Mexico, there are very few adoption agencies in the United States that have programs available for assisting in the adoption of Mexican children.
Spanish is the central language of Mexico,...
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David Offerman
Sunday, April 5, 2009
My first finished robot I did was the “Offy Bot.” It’s task was to go around with out hitting any walls or objects, and thats all. It did it’s task very well.
Specs:
MCU = Roboduino
Sensor = IR Range Finder
Motors = HS-311 Servo’s
How...
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Airsoft Robot
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David Offerman -
Last updated: Friday, October 30, 2009
I made this airsoft robot. It is controlled with a joystick that is connected to my computer. Not that much info needed to say, so here is the video. Below are some pictures also of the robot. It is controlled with a roboduino mcu, and a transistor board...
Search and Resue Project
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David Offerman -
Last updated: Friday, October 30, 2009
I got started on a new project a week or so ago, the goal at first is to follow me around my neighborhood (just for fun). After that it will do a search and rescue task, in the woods and urban enviorments. As of this post, I have the chassis made (still...
I am back
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David Offerman -
Last updated: Friday, August 14, 2009
I have been gone doing other stuff such as working on my computers, school, working on a few computer programs and tons of website jobs. So now I am back to build robots. If anyone has any ideas for me to build I will do my best to do it if it is a cheap...
Sudo TV – A robot tv remote
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David Offerman -
Last updated: Monday, May 4, 2009
I got really tired of not having a remote for my tv. And I was really to lazy to go out and buy one when I had the parts to make one that I could turn on and off my tv though terminal. So this weekend I got to work and made a simple design, a servo that...
Humanoid Project – Review
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David Offerman -
Last updated: Monday, April 13, 2009
This is a review of what I have so far on the Humanoid Project.
Specs:
Roboduino MCU
2x HS-311 Servos
2x Wheels
5x 9g mini Servo’s
Wood, Plastic, screws, bolts and nuts
Start
I started this with just the sides, top and had the 2 HS-311 drive servos...
Humanoid Project – Arms
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David Offerman -
Last updated: Sunday, April 12, 2009
The Humanoid Project is going by really fast, I just finished mounting the servo’s for the arms. (pictures below). It uses 2 mini 9g servo’s one of them moves the arm up and down, the other will turn it side to side so it is more realistic....
Humanoid Project – To do list
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David Offerman -
Last updated: Saturday, April 11, 2009
So right now I have wired movement from a joystick for the robot, almost have the arms and than a simple IR Range Finder. I am going to do the following
1) Replace IR Range Finder with vision
2) Add Ultrasonic Range Finder for the ears
3) Add bluetooth...
Humanoid Project – Movement Test
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David Offerman -
Last updated: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
I finished most of the body, the wheels are now added, and I got basic movement done and ready to go. So I threw together some code to move my robot with W, A, S, D and Q, E, R for the head. Below is a video showing the video.
You can view the code...
Robotic Hamster Wheel
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David Offerman -
Last updated: Monday, April 6, 2009
My hamster was starting to get very lazy, and only use its wheel to sleep on. I fixed that, I put my robotic skills to the test to build a robotic hamster wheel, so when the hamster goes onto the wheel it will start to move. Please do not use this on...
Humanoid Project – Head and Body
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David Offerman -
Last updated: Sunday, April 5, 2009
Here is the head and body of the robot so far (not finished, adding sonar to head)
So as you can see, that’s what I got so far, the final robot will not have a joystick (unless I get bored and want to drive it around) but most of it is going to...