A Robot for Timo – cheap telepresence for remote teams(blog.printf.net)
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A Robot for Timo – cheap telepresence for remote teams
http://blog.printf.net/articles/2014/03/18/a-robot-for-timo/
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Hi HN -- I'm the blog post author and one of the people who built this, am happy to answer any questions about the hardware/software behind it!
Any plans on making one that can move around on wheels?
Haven't thought about it much -- my first thought would be that the solution in the blog post could be the right one for a small office where movement of the base isn't necessary, and for one on wheels you should just go buy from Double Robotics. Their product looks really nice.
If I had to build one that moves around, I'd start with investigating the Roomba API, with an aim to mount the iPad on a Roomba and expose remote control of the Roomba to the chatter. You wouldn't get as high off the ground as a Double robot without making the mount unstable, though!
If I had to build one that moves around, I'd start with investigating the Roomba API, with an aim to mount the iPad on a Roomba and expose remote control of the Roomba to the chatter. You wouldn't get as high off the ground as a Double robot without making the mount unstable, though!
Any reason you went with the Bescor over just a servo motor?
Probably just inexperience! Do you have any particular parts in mind?
You could have rigged up something like this: https://www.servocity.com/html/s3102_micro_mg.html#.Uyu11fna...
to the PWM output of your Arduino.
This would have moved the iPad around, the same way as the pan tilt head.
This would have moved the iPad around, the same way as the pan tilt head.