More MANOI

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

I always have problems adjusting MANOI’s feet. It’s kind of cool that all of the balancing of the robot comes down to its feet. Hardly anything else matters, other than the feet!

My blog posts seem pretty boring without pictures, so I’m trying to keep this short…

So what I’m setting up now is a program to code MANOI! It will be in Processing. I’m going to be using the controlP5 library for all the buttons and the sliders

Hopefully I’ll be able to get MANOI up and running (really) before December! The new Trossen Robotics contest prize is pretty amazing @_@ Imagine winning a Pleo!! =) Cuteness! =) The contest is going to be tense.

Since we’re allowed multiple entries, you can be sure that I’ll enter a fugly MANOI (with all the wires and ‘gutz’ showing) and a cute MANOI (with its pretty white shell on with necklaces). I don’t really understand why everyone thinks that something that is cute isn’t a robot. It’s kind of weird :/

I ordered two of the new ATmega chips. Essentially this will be great for MANOI! MANOI has a Wave Shield on the Arduino, and I’m thinking about getting a shiftOut to control LEDs for a LED necklace. I might even use one of the digital potentometers on the necklace too! BlinkM LEDs would be cool, but it would be a bit over-kill. I’m thinking Blue LEDs.

I’ll also be programming MANOI with many dances… from Thriller to Soulja Boy… seriously.

But, the first step is to get this software programmed up so I can complete MANOI’s home position.

Posted in: MANOI, Projects.
Tags: MANOI

One Response to “More MANOI”

1. Evelyn Says:
   October 8th, 2008 at 8:32 PM

   That’s awesome Erin. Definitely submit more then one. Good point about the appearance. People sometimes are particular. Some lack imagination and it’s their loss.

   I think you’re quite imaginative and a unique artist. Keep at it. Sooner or later they’ll start to see it. Wishing you the much success.

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