Over at Robosapien.tk they have added some new information about hacking the Robosapien, most of their information is meant for the person who is not content with a stock Robosapien. You might remember a previous Robosapien article where Robosapien.tk was mentioned. Be sure to have a look at the PC IR interface, it shows you how to use a computer serial port and some VB software to communicate via infrared
Mondo Technology has hacked a Furby in a different way. They scrapped all of the existing controllers and started from scratch. “The mechanism of the Furby itself was designed around micro- controllers. It has one motor that runs the eyes, mouth, and ears in sequence. Two sensors are provided from the motor servo system: one counts off about 200 pulses for the entire sequence, the other is an ‘index’ pulse
Here is a neat mod by Evosapien to make your Robosapien V2 have better vision in low light conditions. Not to mention it looks very cool. You might remember Evosapien from a previous article. Chances are you have all of the required items, if not everything is relatively inexpensive. Here is the entire parts list required: * CD-ROM Audio Cable * white color LED * cable housing/shield * set of
Lego is inherently a creative product, think of something and then put it together with little blocks of Lego. Well for some people Lego alone isn’t good enough. Might as well make a computer out of it like this one that Winston built. Not good enough? Why not build an entire fleet of computers out of Lego then! Don’t like the computing power of the available Mindstorm Computer? Derek Anderson
For those who haven’t heard there is a new Robosapien on the loose. This new version is bigger and badder than the previous version. It also have a revolutionary name “Robosapien V2”, well I guess it is to the point :). This new platform is proving to be great for hacking but the $250 price point may put out of range for some people. PCMAG say ” At $250, the
Dave Bullock of www.eecue.com has hacked the new Furby. Well he hasn’t done much hacking yet, he has removed the skin to expose the inner workings and show what makes the thing tick. “If you haven’t seen one before they are basically armless Mogwais with beaks. New Furbys are powered by the Sensory Inc’s RSC-4128 which is a multi-purpose microprocessor that does everything from voice recognition to text-to-speach to IO
Eliot Phillips of Hackaday writes: “RC helicopters have become so cheap that they’re now a really attractive robotics platform. This guide gives a jumping off point for starting your own project. It covers how to integrate a Gumstix embedded linux system into the helicopter. Code is provided so that you can hook up a usb controller to your laptop and control the helicopter over Bluetooth. All you need to do
