[Noisebridge-discuss] Opensource Personal Robot in NB: DORA Project

Danny O'Brien danny at spesh.com
Sun Jul 8 04:04:46 UTC 2012


I've got a Nanode (London Hackerspace designed arduino) with ethernet you
can have. when are you next in the space?
On Jul 6, 2012 7:32 PM, "Hao" <hao at dorabot.com> wrote:

> Hi Noisebridgers,
>
> I'm working on a robot project called DORA Opensource Robotic Assistant, a
> project that aims at providing affordable personal robot, and starts with
> giving Noise-bot (the wheelchair robot) the ability to manipulate stuff
> automatically, say get a soda from fridge or loading dishwasher in NB.
>
> I've been building or working with robots since 2008, and I'm pretty much
> now what I'm doing. It's hard, but possible. Currently 4 people in NB shows
> interest in working together on the project, including me, Jake, Carlos and
> Harry. It's an open project so anybody can join, learn, contribute, helping
> out. Feel free to join our google group
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/dorabot and ask about
> whatever you are interested in the robot, and also visit project website
> dorabot.com (which is powered by google site, that I can use some advice
> about how to make it more interactive).
>
> Basic info about Noise-bot:
>
> It runs ROS (Robot Operating System), has a PC on board, equipped with
> kinect, webcam, wireless router, arduino, car battery, has the ability to
> move around. It has a gigantic 5 DOF (Degree of Freedom) robotic arm that
> doesn't function too much now, but we are going to repair and control it
> with ROS.
>
> I need some help now. In order to give Noise-bot the ability to move stuff
> around, we need to mount a touch sensor on the gripper of the robotic arm.
> I'm working on a new type of touch/pressure sensor and finished the basic
> test circuit yesterday together with Jake. The sensor use I2C to
> communicate with a master controller, so I want to know *if anybody has a
> spare arduino (with USB) that I can borrow for days *to test the sensor
> out.
>
> thanks guys.
>
> --
> DORA = DORA Opensource Robotic Assistant
> dorabot.com
>
>
>
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