Very Strange Parallax Robot

Humanoido

Can anyone identify this very strange looking
Parallax robot and its purpose???

humanoido

Paul Baker

I don't recognze it (perhaps it's an early prototype of the penguin controller board?). Where did you find the photos?

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Paul Baker
Propeller Applications Engineer

Parallax, Inc.

Humanoido

Paul, very good intelligent guess! It is, in fact, a Penguin
robot with the current boards flipped over onto each other
and held together with a rubber band.

In this configuration, the mechanics are removed, and
the boards are used for programming sound features
using the peizo speaker. When it's switched on, there
is no servo movement or tilt and stride to adjust on the
mechanics to achieve a centered position.

The batteries last even longer when two servos
are disconnected. So you are looking at my development
penguin for writing sound programs.


There are many applications for these tiny Penguin
robotic controller boards, not just for Penguin only.

Parallax should be congratulated for the outstanding
Penguin robot design and for doing a great job! Please
let everyone know at Parallax how much we appreciate
this.

Whenever a new innovative product is developed like
Penguin, the team that worked on the project has their
names appearing somewhere. Is it possible to get a list
of names of Parallax people who worked on the Penguin
project, either directly or indirectly? I would like to write
a program documenting the actions of these wonderful
people.


I hope to show another Penguin board application soon,
with some interesting photos. Let me know if you find
these types of things interesting.

humanoido