Robosapien is hacked with a BX-24 at George School, 2006

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Robo Sapien Toy Robot | Robosapien is hacked with a BX-24 at George School, 2006

With Robodyssey's Hack-A-Toy kit, the remote-controlled Robosapien is converted into an autonomous robot. My students and I rewired Robosapien so it would respond to our BX-24 microcontroller commands rather than the remote control. (We added a switch so we could toggle between autonomous-mode and human-controlled-mode.) A Sharp infrared range finder, which was secured to the robot's chest, was used to determine if an object is in the robot's way or if the robot is near the edge of a table. In either case, the robot grunts, backs up, chooses a random direction to turn (left or right), turns, and then moves forward again. After a couple of minutes, the BX-24 tells the robot to go to sleep, which is also shown in the video. (Listen for the snoring.) Wow-Wee manufactures the Robosapien and Robodyssey Systems manufacturesRAMB II motherboard you see here. The robot's brain is NetMedia's BX-24 microcontroller, which is programmed using the BasicX language. If you want to learn how to hack your own Roboaspien, see Robodyssey's step-by-step tutorial at www.robodyssey.com/resources/HackAToy/HackARobosapien1.htm. I am the author of the world's only BasicX textbook; if you are interested in learning how to program your own robot, see my website at www.basicxandrobotics.com.
Tags: Robot, robosapien, hack, toy, Robodyssey, infrared, ranger, range, computer, programming, autonomous, BX-24, basicx, George, School

A Totally Hacked Robosapien V2 for my MS project

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Robo Sapien Toy Robot | A Totally Hacked Robosapien V2 for my MS project

This totally hacked RSV2 toy-robot is now controlled by an Arduino Mega MCU and it communicates with a stationary PC via an EasyRadio wireless serial transceiver. Additionally, the Robosapien carries a programmable vision sensor mounted on his chest. The robot can be fully controlled and programmed through PC and micrcontroller. Remote IR Control has been disabled and manual control is performed via the GUI shown on the video. Although the hacked RSV2 did not participate a lot in my project, however, it was really cool seeing this charming fella trying to follow a mobile robot.
Keywords: Robots, Robotics, Robosapien, robosapienv2, Hacked, Arduino, CMUCAM3

Two Hacked Robosapien Toys Autonomously Sumo Wrestle -- GS 07

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Robo Sapien Toy Robot | Two Hacked Robosapien Toys Autonomously Sumo Wrestle -- GS 07

Two of my students (Omar Mustardo and Ludovic Gonclaves) and I challenged Dave Peins and Brian Patton (Robodyssey System's President and Vice President) to an autonomous Robosapien Sumo Wrestling match. We hacked the Robosapien toys and added a Sharp IR sensor to its chest and downward-looking IR proximity sensors on its feet. The Sharp sensors are used to detect the presence of another robot and the proximity sensors are used to keep the robots inside the black lines. These Robosapiens are not controlled remotely by humans; rather, these "intelligent" robots make their own decisions. As you can see here, the robots aren't too intelligent; we have a long way to go to make these viable wrestling partners. We must first disable the kill-switches in the robot's hands and feet. (You can hear "Ouch!" or "Uggg!" every time they are hit.) Even then, their center of mass is so low that it is almost impossible to push them or knock them over. Wow-Wee manufactures the Robosapien and Robodyssey Systems manufacturesRAMB II motherboard you see here. The robot's brain is NetMedia's BX-24 microcontroller, which is programmed using the BasicX language. If you want to learn how to hack your own Roboaspien, see Robodyssey's step-by-step tutorial at www.robodyssey.com/resources/HackAToy/HackARobosapien1.htm. Also, see my YouTube video at youtube.com I am the author of the world's only BasicX textbook; if you are interested in learning how to program your own robot, see my website at www ...
Tags: robot, Robosapien, hack, toy, sumo, wrestle, Robodyssey, range, computer, programming, autonomous, BX-24, basicx, George, School