Issues 7 thur 15 completes phase two. These issues were easy to put together, average time was about 3-10 minutes. Issue 15 is the circuit board for the second test. This test will allow MyRobot IDroid-01 to pan at 30/45 and 90 degree angles left and right. Pan motion is controled by snapping the fingers at the angle you wish to see its head turn.
The first issue is the front part of the face. It was h
alf price. In Japan this is considered to be service rather then sale price. But when 
you see IDroid-01, 1390yen is a price you would set aside weekly for this robot. A must have for all robot enthusiast.
There are 7 phases which complete IDroid-01, with a possible bonus phase of another 15 issues to give IDroid-01 a workable hand. The first phase consisted of six issues. It was real easy to assemble these parts. An instruction booklet with detailed pictures to show the step-by-step process comes with each issue.
After the first six issues were assembled. Phase one. IDroid-01 was able to take his first test. He was able to use his touch sensor which enabled him to shake his head yes. His eyes also were tested in a various colors of attitude. Red, green, orange and yellow. His ears LCD tested blue.
I thought people might want to know exactly how durable, My Robot is. A girlfriend of mine was in my home and she was very frustrated about some life drama, aren't we all. Anyway she picked up my IDroid-01 and she threw IDroid-01 to the floor. "AAHHHH" I guess IDroid-01 looked like someone she knew. Well of course I quickly went into action to save my friend as he was only in issue 27.
The damage was minimal to my surprise. After seeing the head pop off, I thought he immediately turned into an ashtray. My friend apologized and asked me what she needed to do to get IDroid-01 back to his original state. So I got out my favorite tools, collected his head and body and began to take him apart to see what I needed to fix.
Parts that needed replacing issues 9, 10 and 14. So basically it was a neck fracture. The power cord from issue 14 is repairable if you know how to use a sauder gun. The black encoder disc from issue 10 cracked, all other parts from 10 were good. The parts which held the head to the body from issue 9 was snapped from the body leaving the screws in place. That's the Total Damage, there was some scratches on the top of IDroid-01 head but now I have a reason to sand and paint him.
In conclusion after parts were reordered and put back in place IDroid-01 was working just like new. I found out you don't have to be so gentle with IDoid-01. DeAGOSTINI gets kudos for a well constructed personal robot. As for the girl, I told her that robots are the future and we should behave ourselves in a little more civilized manner.
WEIGHT 2 Kg
HEIGHT 30 cm/s (max)
DEGREES 7 put into effect to you, 4 do not put into effect to you
WHEELS 3 (2 GdL):
- 2 put into effect wheels independent
- 1 wheel of support not put into effect
ARMS
2 (x 3 GdL everyone):
- put into effect, shoulder
- elbow not put into effect, with cluch
HEAD (2 GdL): "pan & tilt" it puts into effect to you
OTHER Hip (1 GdL): position
MODULES 7 modules on distributed architecture:
- Head/SoundFollower (Freescale MC68HC908AP8)
- Motherboard (Freescale MC68HC908AP8)
- Voice (Sensory RSC-4128 1MB Flash Simultaneous R/W )
- Bluetooth, Class 2 (National LMX9830A)
- Brain & Vision (Freescale MC9328MXL 150MHz, 16MB Flash, 16MB SDRAM)
- Base (Freescale MC9S08GT16)
- Arms (Freescale MC68HC908AP8)
IT ARRANGES OPERATING Module B&V: Embedded Linux (2,4)
NET NEURALE SOM, exclusive right for "the emotional" evolution of the robot
VOCAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT - 50+ commands "speaker independent", to single activation from a dictionary of 40+ terms
- 1 password biometric "speaker
VOCAL SYNTHESIS 60+ precarious phrases
LOUDSPEAKERS 1 (connected to the Voice module)
MICROPHONES 4 (1 vocal acknowledgment + 3 localization of sounds)
IT ARRANGES OF VISION Survey presence and movement of face, hands and objects colors to you
IT FOLLOWS OBJECTS
IT TAKES OBJECTS (currently it cannot grab but transports objects with the accessory tray) Note: after part 75 will expand with grable hand
SENSOR VIDEO 0,3 CMOS Mega Pixel, Color (resolution max 640x480)
COMMUNICATION BT class 2 (10m-30m)
DOORS 1 RS-232
1 USB ("device", not "host")
1 I2C (available for breadboard)
PROGRAMMING Visual Editor, C-like (embedded), Java (remote control)
BATTERIES 8, 2AA (alkaline or re loadable)
AUTONOMY 4 hours (I use typical)
ULTRASOUND
SENSORS 2 emittters, 3 receivers
SENSORS TEMPERATURE 1 with accuracy 1°C
SENSORS LIGHT 2
DISPLAY Alphanumeric LCD, 16x2
LED - 3 led x 3 colors x 2 eyes (available for color and eye)
- 1 led x 2 orecchie (available singularly)
- 2 led x 2 wheels (available all entirety)
- 1 led x accessory torch (available)
- diagnostic others led
AUDIO RECORDING Max 10 second messages from 16 people
ACCESSORIES Tray, torch, load-batteries, serial
