To Build or Not to Build

[Voxel]

(If this is in the wrong location please feel free to move it to a better section)

I guess I should give a bit of history, when I first meet my Girlfriend 4+ years ago the first thing I noticed was the Star Wars Shirt she was wearing. I new immediately that I wanted to get to know here better. Flash forward now, we still love Stars Wars and I am studying A.I. in Grad School at Georgia Tech. So I thought I should combine my 3 loves (the Girl Friend, Star Wars, and computer Science).

My goal:

An responsive R2D2 that is intelligent enough to roam anywhere it likes with in distance of the controller, capable of recognizing gestures and response, along with avoiding objects during movement.

This thread is designed to be progress piece showing off progress in design (which is bound to be slow) along with an place where concepts and ideas can be bounced back and forth.

(@englanddg we have a place to talk about this now)

 

[Voxel]

Other goals: Capabilities to transition between 2 legs and 3 legs. Which would need consultation from a mechanical engineer, good thing I am related to one or two of them

 

[Voxel]

This might be useful to take a look at:
http://www.r2d2translator.com/

 

[unkadug]

(If this is in the wrong location please feel free to move it to a better section)
So I thought I should combine my 3 loves (the Girl Friend, Star Wars, and computer Science).

Why do I get this picture of Howard Wolowitz and his robot hand?

 

[jdmdisney99]

This might be useful to take a look at:
http://www.r2d2translator.com/

What, you don't speak Binary?

 

[Voxel]

What, you don't speak Binary?

I'm a bit rusty

 

[Voxel]

Why do I get this picture of Howard Wolowitz and his robot hand?

we are gonna talk about what happened last month

 

[unkadug]

What, you don't speak Binary?

I'm a bit rusty

01010111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100100 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01110011 01110000 01100101 01100001 01101011 00100000 01000010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00111111

 

[Voxel]

01010111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100100 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01110011 01110000 01100101 01100001 01101011 00100000 01000010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00111111

Only when dealing with word communications and booleans

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Very nice, thanks for sharing

Why do I get this picture of Howard Wolowitz and his robot hand?

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Would you install an R2 soundchip?

 

[Voxel]

Would you install an R2 soundchip?

The current plan is to create a translator of sorts to give the feel that R2 is communicating and responding to everyone around him. SO while a soundchip will be installed at first, the plan will have a more advance/intelligent sound/communication system.

 

[Voxel]

Would you install an R2 soundchip?

The current plan is to create a translator of sorts to give the feel that R2 is communicating and responding to everyone around him. SO while a soundchip will be installed at first, the plan will have a more advance/intelligent sound/communication system.

 

[Voxel]

Apologies on the double post. My internet is wish-washy right now..

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Apologies on the double post. My internet is wish-washy right now..

Wishy-washy makes me think of Charlie Brown. I liked them both.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

If and when you get this completed, come back and post pictures.