World's Smartest Penguin Robot

[Humanoido]

As a recent experiment, the brain of Penguin Robot
was disembodied by tapping into and connecting
it to the BSS Supercomputer.

In a kind of Brain Cortex collective extension,
Penguin's brain was made into a parallel cluster of processing
power, rewiring the original thought processes, creating a hive
or gang of Synaptic Regio, more closer to mimicking a human's
brain. Overall, the operation was a great success!

The brain surgery was simple and accomplished by hand.
Connect 3 wires, + to Vdd, - to Vss and S to
P2 on Master Computer MC, as can be seen in
the photos.

The power of Penguin's brain became so
fantastic, that accessing all the power and all
the sensors and all the peripherals from 12
computers made it "THE BRAIN" of all brains!



For one thing, it can access all the data, computational
power, sensor information, peripherals such as
EMIC text to speech (Penguin is now talking),
LCD, uOLED color monitor, PIR, PING))), an
entire choir of piezo speakers that run at the
same time, dancing lights, and all kinds of just
really cool stuff!

The human mind cannot begin to imagine all the possibilities
of applications. With only a tiny tether, Penguin now has
the biggest Brain with 12 computers running
simultaneously and ability to use up to 192 ports.



So now little Penguin robot has the tools, software,
hardware and the power to be even more amazing!

For even more Brain Power, run the Big Brain
software by vrossi. It can increase the number of
programs stored in Penguins Brains whenever the
computer is a Basic Stamp with more than one 2K
bank of EEPROM (i.e. BS2p24, BS2p40, BS2pe,
BS2px, etc.).

For more info about the BSS Supercomputer:
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=765140

For information and plans to build your own BSS Supercomputer,
check the latest edition of Penguin Tech Magazine posted in the
Parallax Robotics Forum.

For more information about the vrossi Big Brain
software:

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=765432

humanoido

Post Edited (humanoido) : 11/21/2008 10:32:18 AM GMT

[vrossi]

Another great idea, humanoido !

I have added a new Penguin Supercomputer page on the Penguin Robot Society Web Site, so that any new development in this area can be found there:

www.p-robot.com/index.php/basic-stamp-supercomputers/97-penguin-supercomputer-model.html

Post Edited (vrossi) : 8/21/2009 5:54:06 PM GMT

[Chris Savage]

Making the link wireless would be the next step. Then you could have the benefits with no tether.

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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering

[Humanoido]

Awesome web page - thanks vrossi! Myself and the PRS
appreciate this fine accomplishment.

Chris, I like the idea of making the Penguin Robot
link to supercomputer wireless. But where would I begin?
Being so technically well versed, can you suggest some
hardware? RF, BlueTooth, etc.?

The receiver would need to be relatively small to backpack
on Penguin, while the transmitter could mount on the top
rack level 6, tray 11, and not need to have such a small
footprint, although small is highly beneficial to maintain the
highest degree of supercomputer portability.

Earlier I had thoughts about using infrared but this may
work better for sending burst commands and not continuous
data streams due to the nature of IR circuitry and its
behavior.

I remain very enthusiastic about trying out wireless.
I believe this is the wave of the future with robots, where
our supercomputers will provide data links with streams of
artificial intelligence.

humanoido

[Chris Savage]

I haven’t really been researching RF equipment lately…I have seen a lot of small solutions listed on various websites and perhaps one would be just what you need to do this. Obviously due to small size some clever thinking is in order. But after the Super Computer I know you’re up to the challenge! =)

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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering

[Cole Logan]

WHat about useing something like this

http://www.parallax.com/Store/Access...%2cProductName

[Humanoido]

That looks like a great idea! It seems just manageable too
in terms of physical size. It specs out at only 10ma which is good.
Range is quoted at up to 500 feet line of sight which is plenty.
I hope to develop this system, and have the Supercomputer act as
a remote brain for Penguin Robot. But it's all about parts...

[P!-Ro]

Somewhere on these forums there are plans for making rf communication through walkie-talkies. I'm not sure who it was, but maybe you'll be able to find the post later. If you do it this way, you could get one of those nice walkie-talkies with a 5 mile range, giving you extra capabilities with your penguin.

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Pi Guy

[Humanoido]

The walkie-talkie idea is also a good one. I'm not sure
if these are sold in Asia or even allowed. The physical
size may also be slightly larger than the Parallax
transceivers, but for a gain from 500 feet to 5 miles,
we can deal with it. I'm sure those kid walkie-talkies
are sold everywhere, and they have a quarter mile
range, around 1,320-feet, certainly enough range
for in-house experiments and desktop Penguin robots.
I'll keep this in mind. Was it a simple hack?

humanoido

[kwinn]

How about a wireless router on the stationary supercomputer and a USB adapter on the robot?

[Humanoido]

It looks like FRS wireless walkie-talkies are of no use for data, as
discussed in this link, due to Federal Government Controls.

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=766077

[P!-Ro]

Here it is humanoido:

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=759557

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Pi Guy

[Humanoido]

Thanks for the link. Probably need to replace the ham radios with
part 15 walkie-talkies. I only need communications in one room.
I didn't find any at the toy store but will keep looking.