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taternuts wrote: post #20

you seem to be console.logging every move request you register, not sure if you mean to do that or left something in from dev

thanks for the heads up!

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Post by tus » Sat, Oct 08, 2016, 12:56 PM UTC

ROBOT FIGHT!!

Re: Show HN: Live control a robot running around my house

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Post by giis » Sat, Oct 08, 2016, 1:21 PM UTC

this is nice! playing with robots :)

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Post by moondev » Sat, Oct 08, 2016, 5:41 PM UTC

tkl wrote: post #18

anon4this1 wrote: post #14

any link to details on what parts you use for these bots?

Raspberry Pi that runs the python program that sends video to the webserver using ffmpeg. Adafruit Motor HAT to connect the motors to the pi. Android phone is strapped to robot that runs a custom android app that receives chats from the website and also says them out loud using the Android API for text-to-speech. Everything sits on top of a 3d printed chassis. Cheap logitech webcam. Web app is a node server, socketio…

What an awesome project. I love that you leveraged android devices. Has everything you need for execution. Well done!!

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Post by rgiuly » Sat, Oct 08, 2016, 5:53 PM UTC

giis wrote: post #26

this is nice! playing with robots :)

thanks bro! we appreciate the feedback

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Post by rgiuly » Sat, Oct 08, 2016, 5:54 PM UTC

ge96 wrote: post #11

This is awesome. The real time chat too. Damn!

thanks dude! we put a lot of work into it

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Post by NotSammyHagar » Sat, Oct 08, 2016, 6:00 PM UTC

rgiuly wrote: post #17

anon4this1 wrote: post #14

any link to details on what parts you use for these bots?

Yes! here's a video that will go over the details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI59iFtDspA The main parts are a RaspberryPi, some Adafruit stuff, and a motor from pololu. Also, I put all the parts in a package that you can get here: http://runmyrobot.com/kit

This is exactly what I have been looking for, reasonable hardware that I can put together with a drivable car/robot that I can have fun programming. I will watch your video and probably order your kit. I think my son could really enjoy learning with this kit.