Labor Saving Device?
You be the judge. The description lists an impressive array of hardware and "autonomous capability", yet here it's iPad controlled and fairly struggles to pick up a few socks off the floor. But it's a start!
Yubin Kun robot in pendant mode. Unit has autonomous capabilities, but in this video it is controlled remotely via an iPad over VNC . Hardware is a gutted original Roomba with a 12" Powerbook G4 for brains, a crude aluminum arm with a "Little Gripper" on the end, an iSight camera and a head made from an old Airport Base Station containing a MaxSonar EZ-1 and a TinyCylon using green LEDs, as well as two blue LEDs for "eyes." The arm is powered by an HS-805BB servo, and the head and gripper use HS-422s. The Powerbook is interfaced to the robot using Phidgets (a 1061 Advanced Servo and a 1018 Interface Kit 8/8/8.) Power is from the original Powerbook and Roomba batteries, regulated by a LM7806.
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Yubin Kun robot in pendant mode. Unit has autonomous capabilities, but in this video it is controlled remotely via an iPad over VNC . Hardware is a gutted original Roomba with a 12" Powerbook G4 for brains, a crude aluminum arm with a "Little Gripper" on the end, an iSight camera and a head made from an old Airport Base Station containing a MaxSonar EZ-1 and a TinyCylon using green LEDs, as well as two blue LEDs for "eyes." The arm is powered by an HS-805BB servo, and the head and gripper use HS-422s. The Powerbook is interfaced to the robot using Phidgets (a 1061 Advanced Servo and a 1018 Interface Kit 8/8/8.) Power is from the original Powerbook and Roomba batteries, regulated by a LM7806.
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