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Metal Boxbot... Yes I'm That Impatient

Hey all!

So I read the title "BoxBot" by thetechguru and while I love the salmon box platform, it wasn't quite what I expected because after ordering my Wall-E and my EZ-B kit I thought to myself "well if the kit shows up first, maybe I'll make a bot out of the box it comes in!"

So not to steal any spotlight from BoxBot, I named mine slightly different. I hope you enjoy as I did during the 2 hours I spent putting him together last night when I got the kit finally!

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The Kit

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A hole for the wheel wires

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Some high-tech wheel mounts to level out the servos

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Wheels are mounted!

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Cut a hole and nicely mounted the head servo without glue or screws

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A protective box for the EZ-Board

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Another piece of protective cardboard for good measure

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It fits!

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The blue light makes the box glow nicely:)

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All done!

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My eBay Wall-E came in today, but now I don't want to dismantle my BoxBot:(

By the end of the first night I had movement, speech recognition and face tracking working beautifully.

Tonight I even had my friends take control of it for a while over the Internet using the HTTP server! It's still a little sketchy, but they had a blast! It reminded me of a couple episodes of Big Bang Theory... Points to the first who know what I'm referring to!

But no time to tinker tonight. Just wanted to make my first project showcase. I can't wait to do more with it! :D

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DaMan
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#9  

@DMan,

Could you post all of your camera and tracking settings for the metal box robot?

I track color good, but motion and faces I have trouble with.

thanks,

Mel

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#10  

Lol that's awesome.

I used 2 hotel key cards and made a robot from that. Sandwiched the servos in-between and mounted the EZ-B, battery pack and camera on top. Used elastic bands to hold it all together. It was red neck!:D

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Wow, tin box packaging with a window... makes me want to get one just for the nostalgia I never had:P (but I really like the current box as well) Nice build!

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@Lumpy I did the same things, but with wooden sticks left over from another project:D

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#13  

Awesome.... and I know what you mean by needing a second EZ-B board....or third....or forth.....he he he