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Telepresence Robot

jdoleckijdolecki Posts: 726
edited 2011-12-28 17:58 in Robotics
I purchased this Medical cart with the idea of building a robot from it.

I have got the motors mounted but i still have to make the perment brackets.

I have gutted the battery box of all the old electronics. And tried test fitting the mother board (mini itx), compute power supply and Propeller board. I would like to get everything inside the box but that may not work. Also Im considering just using a laptop because of the motherboard power needs.

The monitor that i got with the cart is still not working but if i cant fix it i still can use the mounting brackets.

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Comments

  • ercoerco Posts: 20,255
    edited 2011-10-31 14:06
    A great idea as long as you keep the CG low and it never falls over! :)
  • jdoleckijdolecki Posts: 726
    edited 2011-10-31 15:38
    30 pounds of batteries in the base and the cool part is the mast moves up and down via actuator so i can just program it to move at slow speed unless the mast is down and then switch to faster speed
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2011-11-10 18:31
    Looking at the bottom, it's just made for some foot holds. The upper part has the handles. It could double in function as a human transport vehicle.
  • jdoleckijdolecki Posts: 726
    edited 2011-11-12 13:52
    Mr robot has a brain, or a interface to the mother board

    Presenting

    Propeller under Glass

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  • graffixgraffix Posts: 389
    edited 2011-11-17 05:33
    Humanoido wrote: »
    Looking at the bottom, it's just made for some foot holds. The upper part has the handles. It could double in function as a human transport vehicle.

    I just got this free http://forums.parallax.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=86951&d=1321535666
  • jdoleckijdolecki Posts: 726
    edited 2011-11-17 05:48
    Graffix; Free is always good.

    I really like the Wheel chairs / Power chairs you get a whole lot of stuff all in one package. Motors, frame wheels.

    What is your plan for it?

    I just got this also but as of yet I have no plans other than driving it around and doing a bad of Steven Hawakings

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  • graffixgraffix Posts: 389
    edited 2011-11-17 06:00
    IDK I just got it last night I was thinking a couple of things an rc lawn mower,telepresence bot,eddie
    heres a sample rc lawn mower http://members.iinet.net.au/~tnpshow/RCLM/intro.htm
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2011-12-28 17:58
    I have similar motors. I removed the electromagnetic brake coil from the end and would like to put shaft encoders on it. There's a company called servotek that makes them but they don't answer any inquiries. Do you have any ideas for an encoder for that motor?
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