DIY Master-Slave Robot
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 24 of August , 2009 at 12:01 am
RoboSavvy forums user rodmanLT built himself this master-slave control system for a Kondo KHR-1HV. He used six “big fat potentiometers (soviet military technology from 1960’s)” to collect data from his joint movements and transmit commands to the robot, giving him direct control over the robot’s arms. Yeah, there’s a little bit of lag, but the degree of control is impressive and it’s good enough for catching flying tigers, which is all you really need to be able to do, after all.
There may be some bandwidth issues, but as soon as those get ironed out rodmanLT plans to finish implementing full upper body control and then (hopefully) move on to the legs and torso. I’m picturing some awesome new RoboGames events using master-slave robot suits… Like, robot Kung-Fu and real life Kung-Fu at the same time!
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Comment by classy
Made Monday, 24 of August , 2009 at 9:07 am
pretty much the beginning of surrogates type future.. which im happy with.. but i think being in a virtual world is way more appealing, just for the fireballs i can shoot out of my eyes
Comment by Tim
Made Sunday, 30 of August , 2009 at 6:44 pm
One Must Fall 2097. :o